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The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

byBarry Strauss

A "splendid" (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire. The War That Made the Roman Empire rests its case on archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, making room for uncertainty while explaining what the surviving evidence can establish. The War That Made the Roman Empire also examines the assumptions surrounding its subject, connecting them to wider arguments in history.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9781982116675