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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca