How the Battle of Actium Changed
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How the Battle of Actium Changed


Poor Antony and Cleopatre really pissed Octavian and in 31bc Octavian showed who's boss.

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- Ancient Battle Of Actium Forged Coin Found In Uk
Daily Mail A unique Roman coin found by a metal detector was made by an ancient ‘Del Boy’ forger who could not spell and did not know his emperors. The silver denarius, an average day's pay for a Roman worker, was modelled on coins struck to commemorate...

- Octavian Augustus Named As Egyptian Pharaoh On Philae Victory Stele
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A new translation of a Roman victory stele, erected in April 29 BC, shows Octavian Augustus’s name inscribed in a cartouche (an oblong enclosure that surrounds a pharaoh’s name) – an honour normally reserved for an Egyptian...

- Philae Victory Stele
This is an article on the Philae victory stele which has been known for more than a hundred years however the trilingual inscription is poorly carved and difficult to read. Recent study has shown that Roman Emperor Octavian is mentioned as a Pharaoh...

- A Dismantled Mausoleum
I am one of those who believe there is no burial to be found for Cleopatra VII, Mark Antony and more than likely Cesarean who's mummies would have potentially been used by Octavian's enemies including the Egyptian population as objects of veneration...

- These Ten Mummies
The idea of Mark Antony and Cleopatra being buried together I find absurd and politically unsound for Octavian. I would expect Cleopatra's mummy to have found its way to Rome perhaps and maybe even Mark Antony's head but this I doubt and would...



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