The War of Actium, or Actian War, was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought from 32 to 30 BC between Mark Antony, assisted by Cleopatra and Ptolemaic Egypt, and Octavian. After Octavian persuaded the Roman Senate to declare war on Cleopatra, Antony sided with her and much of the Senate left Rome to join his cause; Octavian's decisive victory at the Battle of Actium forced Antony and Cleopatra to withdraw to Alexandria, where Octavian besieged the city until both took their own lives, ending the war in Octavian's victory and the Roman annexation of Egypt.
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CombatantsOctavian and the western Roman provinces against Mark Antony, Cleopatra and Ptolemaic Egypt 1 OutcomeOctavian's victory; Rome annexes Egypt 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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