ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -At the Battle of Actium, off the western coast of Greece, Roman leader Octavian wins a decisive victory against the forces of Roman Mark Antony and Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Analysis: Act III, scenes viii–xiii In the space of three scenes, we witness the full battle of Actium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forty-percent of the Roman Senate, together with both consuls, left Rome to join the war on Antony’s side. After a decisive victory for Octavian at the Battle of Actium, Cleopatra and Antony withdrew to Alexandria, where Octavian besieged the city until both Antony and Cleopatra were forced to commit suicide.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare set Antony and Cleopatra in the Roman Empire, in the whole of the world as it was known in the first century. There are two main locations, however: Rome, and Alexandria in Egypt.