Engraving of the figurehead of the Roman galley Minerva, which fought in the battle of Actium, fought between the fleet of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt on 2 September 31 BC in the Ionian Sea near the promontory of Actium in Greece.

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Size: 3543px × 3630px
Location: Rome, Italy
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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