The Road to Philippi -- 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 Agustus.
Summary:
"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.
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