title: Actium 31 BC: Downfall of Antony and Cleopatra (Campaign)
author:  Si Sheppard 
description: <span>"This is one of the stronger entries in the campaign series and a well structured and informative look at a key period in Roman history."</span><br /> --Historyofwar.org<br /><br /><span>"Sheppard has managed in my opinion to describe the conflict in a way that readers new to the conflict will find exciting and informative... <span>I highly recommend it <span>especially to anyone who has an interest in Roman history.</span><span>"</span></span></span><br />--Flamesofwar.com<br /><br />"... <span>a very readable account of one of the most famous and important battles of the ancient world... <span>a very useful book providing information and detail often not included in other publications..."</span></span> --AncientEgyptMagazine.com
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  Caesar and Cleopatra
  
  
    
    
  ACT I  
    
  [ACT II  
    
  ](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos50276)[ACT III  
    
  ](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos103913)[ACT IV  
    
  ](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos150944)[ACT V
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Caesar and Cleopatra
  
  
  ### George Bernard Shaw
  
  
  
  
  
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  * ACT I
  
  
  * [ACT II](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos50276)
  
  
  * [ACT III](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos103913)
  
  
  * [ACT IV](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos150944)
  
  
  * [ACT V](Caesar%20and%20Cleopatra_split_001.html#filepos211848)
  
  
  
  
  
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  ACT I
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  An October night on the Syrian border of Egypt towards the end of
  
  
  the XXXIII Dynasty, in the year 706 by Roman computation, afterwards
  
  
  reckoned by Christian computati