On September 2
On September 2, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Battle of Actium ends the Hellenistic age (31 BCE).
On this day
On 2 September 31 BCE, the fleet of Octavian, commanded by Agrippa, defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt in a naval battle off Actium on the western coast of Greece.
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