The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

by Barry S. Strauss

Book Overview

A "splendid" (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.

Following Caesar's assassination and Mark Antony's defeat of the conspirators who killed Caesar, two powerful men remained in Rome--Antony and Caesar's chosen heir, young Octavian, the future Augustus. When...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982116684
• ISBN13: 9781982116682
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"