Battle of Actium

then concentrate his efforts on moving against Marc Antony, for total control of the Roman Empire. The Battle of Actium in 31 BC was arguably one of the most important naval battles in the history of the Roman Empire. The following year in Egypt, Octavian and his army again defeat Antony. Consequently, Antony and Cleopatra (Anotny’s wife) commit suicide. With the victory at the Battle of Actium, Octavian was now sole ruler of Rome and all its provinces.      Upon the defeat and death of Antony

The Hellenistic era ended in the year 31 B.C. with the battle of Actium, it was the final battle between Octavian’s army and Cleopatra’s army. The Roman’s not only conquered Italy, but it also had power over the entire coast of the Adriatic sea and much like Alexander the Great, they were looking to expand throughout the continent of Europe and seeked to conquer beyond Europe. After the battle of Actium, the entire Hellenic world was under Rome’s control and Greece was controlled

In William Shakespeare’s play Anthony and Cleopatra, Anthony is from the west while Cleopatra is from the east, resulting in a complex and unusual relationship. The principles of east and west are deeply woven into the play. The west, represented by Rome, values the traditional and those who are “brave” and “noble” (Shakespeare 1994: 297). The east, on the other hand, is exotic, having “strange serpents” (Shakespeare 1994: 213), and sexualized, with a queen who can control men’s hearts “by th’strings”

Augustus had a discouraging childhood as he was unhealthy and did not have many connections with the government. Augustus was born on 23, September 63 BC. He was the son of a man from Velitrae who was in the position of praetorship and died unexpectedly when Augustus was 4. At this same time, Rome was dangerous because of extensive civil war. Augustus’ great uncle, Julius Caesar, was involved in this war. Augustus’ father was married to Atia, who was the daughter of Julia, Caesar’s sister. Later

Augustus Caesar was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Before Rome was an empire, Rome was a republic, which came to an end because of civil wars. During the republic, there was a representative government, but during the empire, an emperor oversaw making decisions, which showed that being an emperor came with a great amount of power. This was a huge transformation for the Romans, which Caesar made positive by bringing peace and stability to Rome. Augustus Caesar had a significant transformative

birth name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus, but people called him Octavian until later in life. Augustus’s mother was related to Julius Caesar. When Augustus became a man he got involved in the politics of Rome and also wanted to join his uncle Caesar in battle. Since Julius was impressed with young Augustus he hired his fortune and name to Augustus. After Julius’s death Augustus found out that he had been adopted by his Uncle Caesar. Augustus was then elected to position of consul.

They fought a fierce naval battle with all sorts of ships. In September Octavian had managed to blockade Antony and Cleopatra’s ships. Attempting to break free, Antony lost the battle but he and Cleopatra managed to flee the battle early and went to Egypt. The next year Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide and Octavian annexed Egypt as a province. Octavian was now in command

movie, from start to finish, there is an accurate portrayal of the politics and military movements of the time. Just as the start of the movie depicts, in 48 B.C., Julius Caesar did in fact defeat Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, and gained control of the Roman Republic. Following that battle, Pompey did flee to Egypt where Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII had him assassinated, took his head, and sent it to Caesar in an attempt to win his favor (BBC). Unlike the movie, this assassination angered Caesar, which

Known as Sargon, or Sargon the Great. Sargon of Akkad is considered to be one of the first great conquerors of history. A Semitic ruler, he reigned from 2234 to 2279 b.c.e. As the first Mesopotamian Empire King he conquered many of the surrounding city-states forming the Akkadian Empire. Through his reign he conquered all of southern Mesopotamia, parts of Syria, Anatolia and Elam or Western Iraq. Sargon also built the first city of Babylon. Sargon was the first to unite the city-states of Sumer and

The Politics of Caesar Augustus In 31BC Augustus won the battle of Actium against his former colleague in the triumvirate, but now bitter rival, Antony and the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, after having been in the triumvirate since 43BC. This immediately faced him with a grating predicament; he now sought to fit his own position, as sole remaining member of the triumvirate, with the old republican system. He had several problems, one of which was that all through the civil war with Antony he