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The Battle of Actium
- 1. the second triumvirate ends in 33 BC
- 2. Octavian provokes the senate into declaring war
on Cleopatra, not Antony
- 3. Antony orders his army to assemble and
meet him in Ephesus. Antony and Cleopatra
go to ephesus
- 4. at Ephesus Antony has 800 ships, 200 of which are provided for by Cleopatra. these
are big heavy boats that don't move quickly . Cleopatra also gives him money and
supplies
- 5. Antony tries to persuade Cleopatra to go back to Egypt but she refuses
- 6. Antony and Cleopatra take the army and navy to Samos.
there had feasts and entertainment. they were joined by many
client kings from the east
- 7. Antony and Cleopatra then travel to athens for more
entertainment. Cleopatra tries to win the affections of the
athenians by giving them gifts
- 8. Cleopatra insults two of her guards and they switch sides to
Octavian. Antony should have attacked Octavian at this point but he
didn't. Plutarch says this is his greatest mistake
- 9.Antony divorces Octavia. Octavian uses this to further prove that
Antony is no longer a "lover of rome". Octavian tells his army that
they are fighting against foreigners. Antony, on the other hand, lost
many of his Roman soldiers because they didn't want to fight other
Romans
- 10. Octavian assembled his army. He had 250 war ships, 80000 infantry
and 12000 cavalry. He also controlled half of the Mediterranean Sea
- 11. instead of attacking Italy (which would of been the sensible thing to do ), Antony
decided to wait at Actium for Octavian to attack him. Antony did not want to be seen as
the man who attacked Rome
- 12.Agrippa attacks and captures areas around Actium. This cuts off Antony's
supplies and place him at a weak position
- 13. Cleopatra suggests that Antony attacks Octavian at sea.
Conidus suggests a land battle. Antony follows Cleopatra's advice
even though his army is under manned and poorly equipped.
Octavian's navy, however, is very good
- 14. even more of Antony's soldiers and some of his client kings switched sides to Octavian
- 15. Agrippa continues to attack and capture areas controlled by
Antony. hHe managed to defeat Antony's navy twice
- 16. the battle happened on 2nd september 31 BC. Antony's fleet were surrounded by
Octavians. Cleopatra decided to flee back to Egypt. Antony followed her
- 17. Despite Antony's desertion, his soldiers tough bravely for may hours. Octavian
used Caesars trick of promising forgiveness to Roman soldiers if they stop fighting and
eventually they did
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