Prologue: A forgotten monument
Nicopolis, Greece
Part I: The seeds of war, 44 to 32 BC
The road to Philippi: Rome-Philippi, 44-42 BC
The commander and the queen: Ephesus-Tarsus-Alexandria-Perusia, 42 to 40 BC
Three treaties and a marriage: Sicily-Brundisium-Rome-Misenum-Athens-Tarentum, 40 to 36 BC
Octavian's victory, Antony's defeat and recovery: from Sicily to the Parthian Empire, 36 to 34 BC
The coming of war: Rome-Ephesus-Athens, 32 BC
Part 2: A plan and an attack, Autumn 32 to April 31 BC
The invaders: western Greece, Autumn 32 BC
The naval crown: Italy, March 31 BC
The African king: Methone, Greece, March 31 BC
Sitting on a ladle: western Greece, April 31 BC
Part 3: The battle, August to September 2, 31 BC
Apollo's revenge: Actium, August 31 BC
The clash: Actium, September 2, 31 BC: morning
The golden ship with purple sails: Actium, September 2, 31 BC: approximately 2:00 to 3:00 P.M.
"I preferred to save rather than to destroy": Actium-Asia Minor, September 3, 31 BC to Spring 30 BC
Part 4: The end game: September 31 to January 27 BC
Passage to India: Alexandria, September 31 to August 30 BC
The bite of the asp: Alexandria, August 1 to 10, 30 BC
"I wanted to see a king": Alexandria, 30 BC
The triumph of Augustus: Rome, August 29 to January 27 BC.