Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium during the Roman Civil War, as well as its long-lasting consequences. From the origins of Rome to the collapse of the Republic -- The Second Triumvirate -- Philippi -- Sextus Pompeius -- Octavian versus Antony and Cleopatra -- Roman naval warfare -- The Actian Campaign -- The age of Augustus -- Actium in literature.