Battle of Actium
Octavian beats Antony and Cleopatra and takes Egypt
Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated the navy of Mark Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt. Within a year both had taken their own lives, Egypt became a Roman province and Octavian the sole ruler of the Roman world.
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Did you know
The earliest known Long Count calendar date in Mesoamerica is 36 BC — just five years before the Battle of Actium.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 30 BC Death of Cleopatra — 1 year later
Alive at the time
- Cleopatra (aged 38)
- Augustus (aged 32)
- Herod the Great (aged 41)
- Virgil (aged 39)
- Amanirenas (aged 29)
- Livia Drusilla (aged 28)