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22 Dec 2020 8:18 p.m. PST

"At Actium Antony's fleet held out for a long time against Octavian. Only after it had been badly damaged by the high sea which rose against it did it reluctantly, and at the tenth hour, gave up the struggle. There were no more than 5,000 dead, but 300 ships were captured.

Plutarch describes the last phase of the naval Battle of Actium which brought the Republic to an end in 31 BC…"

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