EPIRUS, GREECE. Defensive Byzantine-era walls at the ancient city of Nikopolis (Nikopoli) near Preveza. 2014.

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Nikopolis was founded by Octavian on the site where his army had encamped before the Battle of Actium. It was at this decisive battle that he defeated the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and which resulted in him becoming Rome's first Emperor, Augustus. Nikopolis means 'Victory City'.

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Location: Nikopolis (Nikopoli), near Preveza, Ionian coast, Epirus, western Greece
Photo credit: © Rawdon Wyatt / Alamy / Afripics
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