Associations to the word «Actium»

Wiktionary

ACTIUM, proper noun. A promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC

Dictionary definition

ACTIUM, noun. An ancient town on a promontory in western Greece.
ACTIUM, noun. The naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope