Actium
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, DARMC
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Apr 25, 2024 10:21 PM
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History
Site of an ancient temple of Apollo near which Octavian erected a monument to commemorate his naval victory over M. Antonius in 31 BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530771
38.953891, 20.765852
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- Actium part of (administrative) Acarnanian League (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Actium connection Actium (promontory) (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed road segments: Actium/Leucas communicates with Actium (unspecified date range)
shrine, monument
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C4 Actium
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aktion, formerly Punta
W.M. Murray, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, and DARMC, 'Actium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530771> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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