Battle of Actium
By: David J. Califf ; introduction by Caspar W. Weinberger.
Series: Great battles through the ages
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.; Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C.; Naval battles.; Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C -- Juvenile literature.; Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium during the Roman Civil War, as well as its long-lasting consequences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the origins of Rome to the collapse of the Republic; title: The Second Triumvirate; title: Philippi; title: Sextus Pompeius; title: Octavian versus Antony and Cleopatra; title: Roman naval warfare; title: The Actian Campaign; title: The age of Augustus; title: Actium in literature.