Actium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Actium
    n 1: an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
    2: the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated
       by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Actium \Actium\ n.
   1. naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by
      Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.
      [WordNet 1.5]

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