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Actium

noun

An ancient town on a promontory in western Greece.

The naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.

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... tempest that only plays at ferocity; but you are very pretty. That is why I am thinking, light-headedly, it would be a fine and past doubt an agreeable exploit to give up everything for such a woman, and am complacently comparing myself to Antony at Actium. I am thinking it would be an interesting episode in one's Life and Letters. You see, my dear, I honestly believe the world revolves around John Charteris—although of course I would never admit that to you if I thought for a moment you ...

— The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck - A Comedy of Limitations • James Branch Cabell

... erected to this divinity until B.C. 430, when the Romans, in order to avert a plague, built a temple in his honour; but we do not find the worship of Apollo becoming in any way prominent until the time of Augustus, who, having called upon this god for aid before the famous battle of Actium, ascribed the victory which he {84} gained, to his influence, and accordingly erected a temple there, which he enriched with a portion of ...

— Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome • E.M. Berens

... of bacchanals, and in the embraces of harlots, who, when he had attained to that power, delivered it up to a lascivious queen, and would have made an Egyptian strumpet the mistress of Rome, if the Battle of Actium had not saved us from that last ...

— Dialogues of the Dead • Lord Lyttelton

Words linked to "Actium" : Greece, Ellas, town, Hellenic Republic, naval battle