The Battle of Actium
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- The Battle of Actium
- Omens that Antony was going to fial
- Sweat poured out of a stature of Antony
- Temple of Heracles destroyed by lightning
- Stature of Dionysus blown away at Athens
- Antony associated with Dionysus and was descended from Heracles
- Temple of Heracles destroyed by lightning
- Antony associated with Dionysus and was descended from Heracles
- Statues with Antony's name inscribed in were attacked in a storm
- Swallows attacked other nesting swallows on Cleopatra's ships
- Preparations
- Antony had 500 ships, 100,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry
- Had King of Libya
- Octavian had 250 ships, 100,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry
- Antony did not have enough men to crew the ships
- Octavian's ships were properly equipped, fully manned
- Antony's ships were too big to gain any speed and couldn't ram Octavians's ships
- Octavian's men were more confident and eager
- Antony's men were weak and feeble
- Antony had 500 ships, 100,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry
- Antony surrounded the drinkable water so Octavian could not get to it
- They fought at sea even though Antony was more experienced at fighting on land and all his soldiers wanted to
- Cleopatra arranged her ships so that she could make an easy escape
- She fled and Antony followed, deserting all his men
- Octavian told Antony's remaining men to give up as Antony was not coming back
- he did not enslave any of them and most went over to the other side willingly
- Octavian had all the gods on his side including Apollo, Jupiter, Romulus and all the sea goddesses
- Omens that Antony was going to fial
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