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The Battle of Actium, fought on September 2, 31 BC, was a decisive naval engagement in the Roman Civil War between Octavian and Mark Antony. Mark Antony and his beloved Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, were defeated and eventually both committed suicide.

Lorenzo A. Castro, The Battle of Actium (1672)

After his victory, Octavian became Augustus Caesar. This was the end of the Roman Republic, and the beginning of the Roman Empire.

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The Battle of Hastings, on October 14, 1066, was the decisive victory of the Normans led by William the Conqueror, against the Saxon army led by King Harold II. This battle, in which King Harold was killed, established the Norman rule of England.

The Bayeux Tapestry, which portrays the Battle of Hastings

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At the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece in 480 BC, the Greek Alliance fought the invading Persian Empire. A thousand Greek soldiers, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, blocked the road to the entire Persian Army for three days. When the Persians finally took the pass, they had suffered heavy losses.

Leonidas at Thermopylae, by Jacques-Louis David (1814)

Leonidas and his soldiers, who all died then, stand until today as symbols of courage and self-sacrifice.

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The Battle of Austerlitz is Napoleon’s most famous victory. On December 2, 1805, the Grande Armée defeated the Russo-Austrian Army and destroyed the Third Coalition against the French Empire. It is also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors : Emperor Napoleon I against Tsar Alexander I and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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