Actium

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ancient town archaeological site promontory

Actium is an ancient promontory and town in western Greece, near the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf, best known as the site of the decisive naval Battle of Actium in 31 BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
promontory ⓘ
ActianGamesFoundedAfter Battle of Actium ⓘ
ActianGamesFoundedBy Augustus ⓘ
ActianGamesFrequency quadrennial ⓘ
ActianGamesWere Greek-style athletic and musical festival ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Octavian (Augustus)
controlledBy Epirus in some historical periods ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 38.95°N 20.75°E ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
hasAncientHarbor harbor facing the Ambracian Gulf ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains fortifications ⓘ
harbor installations ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
hasCultTitle Apollo Actius ⓘ
hasNearbyModernSettlement Aktion ⓘ
Preveza ⓘ
hasSanctuary Sanctuary of Apollo Actius ⓘ
heritage site of major Roman civil war battle ⓘ
hosted Actian Games ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Actium ⓘ
languageInAntiquity Greek ⓘ
laterAdministrativeUnit Epirus ⓘ
surface form: Epirus Vetus
locatedIn Epirus ⓘ
western Greece ⓘ
locatedNear entrance to the Ambracian Gulf ⓘ
locatedOn Ionian Sea ⓘ
mentionedBy Dio Cassius ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ
modernRegion Epirus ⓘ
surface form: Epirus administrative region of Greece
modernRegionalUnit Preveza regional unit ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity Nikopolis ⓘ
surface form: Nicopolis
nearbyRiver Arachthos River ⓘ
surface form: Arachthos River (Ambracian Gulf region)
NicopolisFoundedBy Augustus ⓘ
NicopolisFoundedToCommemorate Battle of Actium ⓘ
partOf Achaia ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Achaia
regionInAntiquity Aetolia ⓘ
surface form: Acarnania
strategicImportance controlled entrance to the Ambracian Gulf ⓘ
naval base in Hellenistic and Roman periods ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing Hellenistic period ⓘ
early Roman Imperial period ⓘ

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