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THE WAR THAT MADE THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
Classic historian Barry Strauss's new book about one of history's most decisive and yet little known battles, the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, which brought together Antony and Cleopatra on one side and Octavian, soon to be emperor Augustus, on the other, and whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.
Following Caesar's assassination and Marc Antony's defeat of the conspirators who killed Caesar, there were only two powerful men left in Rome. Antony was one; the other was Caesar's chosen heir, the young Octavian. Antony was married to Octavian's sister, but he fell in love with the most powerful woman in the world, Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt. Together they conspired to seize power and rule Roman. Octavian and his close ally and able general Marcus Agrippa opposed them and yet another civil war broke out in Rome. In the largest naval battle in the ancient world -- more than 600 ships and 200,000 men (and one woman) -- Octavian and Agrippa defeated Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of Greece in 31 BC. Not long afterward Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. And the Roman Empire began.
Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University, is a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, The Death of Caesar, and Ten Caesars.
Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University, is a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, The Death of Caesar, and Ten Caesars.
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Published 2022-03-01 by Simon & Schuster |