Actium

[ak-tee-uh m, -shee-uh m]

noun

a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.

Related formsAc·ti·an

[ak-tee-uh n, -shee-uh n] /ˈæk ti ən, -ʃi ən/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for actium

Patr was selected by Augustus as a place in which to settle some of those, who had fought with him at Actium.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II)|Charles Bucke
In the good old days she might have occasioned a siege of Troy or a battle of Actium.
Henrietta Temple|Benjamin Disraeli
After the loss of the battle of Actium, Cleopatra killed herself by an asp.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
At Actium, while he was going down to his fleet to engage the enemy, he was met by an ass with a fellow driving it.
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete|C. Suetonius Tranquillus

But in the midst was wrought a great battle of ships at the cape of Actium.
Stories from Virgil|Alfred J. Church

British Dictionary definitions for actium

Actium

noun

a town of ancient Greece that overlooked the naval battle in 31 bc at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra

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