Actium
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And not just any warships: Pliny blamed remoras for the defeat of Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and hints that they were indirectly responsible for the assassination of Gaius Caligula.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 4, 2013
He had the right look of ruined grandeur and was suitably full of breast-beating anger after the defeat at Actium; what he lacked was much sense of physical enslavement to his captivating Cleopatra.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2012
Octavian defeated the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium in 31 B.C.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Danly, who studied classics in college, came up with Operation Battle of Actium, in large part because he thought it would be funny to name one of the areas "Hot Spot Cleopatra."
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2010
As Mark Antony and Cleopatra made their way north from Patras to Actium, they were not worried.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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