Prologue: A forgotten monument--Nicopolis, Greece -- Part I: Seeds of war, 44 to 32 BC -- Road to Philippi: Rome-Philippi, 44-42 BC -- 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 -- Coming of war: Rome-Ephesus-Athens, 32 BC -- Part 2: A plan and an attack, Autumn 32 to April 31 BC -- Invaders: western Greece, Autumn 32 BC -- Naval crown: Italy, March 31 BC -- African king: Methone, Greece, March 31 BC -- Sitting on a ladle: western Greece, April 31 BC -- Part 3: Battle, August to September 2, 31 BC -- Apollo's revenge: Actium, August 31 BC -- Clash: Actium, September 2, 31 BC: morning -- 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: End game: September 31 to January 27 BC -- Passage to India: Alexandria, September 31 to August 30 BC -- Bite of the asp: Alexandria, August 1 to 10, 30 BC -- "I wanted to see a king": Alexandria, 30 BC -- Triumph of Augustus: Rome, August 29 to January 27 BC.