actium

2 definitions found

actium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Actium \Actium\ n.
     1. naval battle where Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by
        Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.
        [WordNet 1.5]

actium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Actium
      n 1: an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
      2: the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated
         by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC