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Battle of Actium
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Battle of Actium
The
Battle of Actium
was the decisive confrontation of the
Final War of the Roman Republic
, a naval engagement between
Octavian
and the combined forces of
Mark Antony
and
Cleopatra
on 2 September 31 BC, on the
Ionian Sea
near the city of
Actium
, in the Roman province of
Epirus Vetus
in
Greece
. Octavian's fleet was commanded by
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
, while Antony's fleet was supported by the ships of Queen Cleopatra of
Ptolemaic Egypt
.
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