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Conflict Europe

Final War of the Roman Republic

44 BCE – 30 BCE · 14 years

After Caesar's assassination, Octavian and Antony divided the Roman world before turning on each other. Octavian's naval victory at Actium and the subsequent suicides of Antony and Cleopatra ended the Roman Republic and inaugurated the Roman Empire.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Octavian (Augustus)
  • Mark Antony & Cleopatra

Key moments

Defining events in the Final War of the Roman Republic.

  1. 42 BC Battle of Philippi
  2. 31 BC Battle of Actium
  3. 30 BC Fall of Alexandria

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Saami

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Roman Republic

508 BCE – 26 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Rome

508 BCE – 26 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Białowieża Forest

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 44 BCE and 30 BCE.

31 BCE Battle of Actium 37 BCE Masada

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Koguryo Polity · East Asia 36 BCE – 700 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Maya City-State Wars Conflict · Americas 400 BCE – 900 CE Cicero Figure · Rome 106 BCE – 43 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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