place
Actium
also: mare Actiacum
The promontory off western Greece where Octavian's fleet defeated Antony and Cleopatra (31 BC); Seneca's shorthand for the Roman blood Augustus shed before his clemency.
Reading notes
- On Mercy §1.11 sea of Actium
The naval battle off western Greece (31 BC) in which Octavian destroyed Antony's fleet — Roman blood, Seneca notes, shed before Augustus's clemency.