The Battle of Actium - The True Beginning of the Pax Romana: How Cleopatra and Mark Antony shaped the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity with a single decision - Couverture souple

Bic, Julius

 
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Synopsis

A Single Victory Changed the World!
In 31 BC, off the coast of Greece, three of the most powerful figures of the ancient world clashed: Mark Antony and Cleopatra faced the future Augustus. Had the Egyptian royal couple triumphed, a world with Alexandria as its cultural center might have become reality and Christianity might never have arisen. Discover the true story behind the Pax Romana!

This book reveals how a chain of historical events - from Alexander’s conquest of Egypt to the Pax Romana- is inextricably linked. The outcome of the Battle of Actium not only determined the fate of Rome but also created the conditions under which Christianity could emerge and spread. Without Octavian’s victory, without Cleopatra’s influence, the intellectual landscape of Europe would have developed in an entirely different way.

Discover:

  • How Alexander’s campaigns set the stage for Ptolemaic Egypt.

  • Why Cleopatra was far more than just the lover of powerful men.

  • How the victory at Actium laid the foundations for Christianity.

  • And what might have happened if Cleopatra and Antony had won.


For fans of historical novels, military analysis, and the history of religion and for anyone intrigued by the story behind the Pax Romana.

Discover now how a single day changed the world forever.

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