Actium (promontory)

natural · 750 BC – 640 AD

A promontory on the southern side of the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf from the Ionian Sea. It was in the sea off this promontory in 31BC that M. Antonius suffered a famous naval defeat at the hands of Octavian.

Coordinates

38.92357, 20.74977

Also known as

Actium Pr.

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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