Sea battle of Actium 31 BC in which Octavius defeated Antony and Cleopatra. Hand-colored woodcut

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Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sea battle of Actium 31 BC in which Octavius defeated Antony and Cleopatra. Hand-colored woodcut

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