a town of ancient Greece that overlooked the naval battle in 31 bc at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Actium in American English
(ˈæktiəm; ˈækʃiəm)
cape on the NW coast of Acarnania (in ancient Greece): the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeatedby those of Octavian in a naval battle near Actium (31 b.c.)