02065cam a2200349 i 4500 1657025551 TxAuBib 20241015120000.0 210511s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021007113 9781982116675 hardcover 1982116676 hardcover TxAuBib rda Strauss, Barry S., author. The war that made the Roman Empire : Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium / by Barry Strauss. Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-303) and index. A Forgotten Monument-Nicopolis, Greece -- The Road to Philippi Rome -- The Commander and the Queen -- Three Treaties and a Marriage -- Octavian's Victory, Antony's Defeat and Recovery -- The Coming of War -- The Invaders -- The Naval Crown -- The African King -- Sitting on a Ladle -- Apollo's Revenge -- The Clash -- The Golden Ship With Purple Sails -- "I Preferred to Save Rather Than to Destroy" -- Passage to India -- The Bite of the Asp -- "I Wanted to See a King" -- The Triumph of Augustus. "The story of one of history's most decisive and yet little known battles, the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, which brought together Antony and Cleopatra on one side and Octavian, soon to be emperor Augustus, on the other, and whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire"-- Provided by publisher. 20241028. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. Actium, Battle of, 31 B.C. Rome History Civil War, 43-31 B.C.