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A marble bust of Augustus, the name Octavian took after his victory, in the Glyptothek, MunichImage: Unknown Roman sculptor · Public domainworld · Africa
Mark Antony’s cause collapses as Octavian reaches Alexandria
A year after their defeat at Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra were besieged in Alexandria by Octavian’s army. On 1 August 30 BC Antony’s fleet and cavalry went over to Octavian, and, told falsely that Cleopatra was dead, Antony stabbed himself; he died in her arms. Octavian entered the city, Cleopatra took her own life days later, and Egypt became a Roman province. Octavian, soon to be called Augustus, was now master of the Roman world.
Source: Britannica: Mark Antony ↗
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