Actian Games

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Actian Games were athletic competitions held in ancient Rome to commemorate the naval victory at the Battle of Actium.

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Label Occurrences
Actian Games canonical 5

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman games ⓘ
athletic competition ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Apollo ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
associatedWithTitle Augustus ⓘ
commemorates Battle of Actium ⓘ
commemorativeEvent naval battle between Octavian and Antony–Cleopatra forces ⓘ
establishedAfter Battle of Actium ⓘ
foundedBy Augustus ⓘ
geographicalRegion Epirus ⓘ
western Greece ⓘ
linked to: Western Greece
hasCultCenter Sanctuary of Apollo at Actium ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
Roman Imperial cult ⓘ
linked to: Roman imperial cult
hasFrequency periodic ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod early Roman Empire ⓘ
hasLegacy integration of Greek festival traditions into Roman culture ⓘ
hasOriginDate after 31 BC ⓘ
hasType Greek-style games ⓘ
agonistic festival ⓘ
hasVenueType hippodrome ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
theater ⓘ
heldAt Actium ⓘ
heldNear Nicopolis ⓘ
linked to: Nikopolis
involves athletic contests ⓘ
equestrian contests ⓘ
musical contests ⓘ
religious rites ⓘ
sacrifices ⓘ
languageContext Ancient Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
modeledOn Greek panhellenic games ⓘ
linked to: Panhellenic Games
namedAfter Actium ⓘ
partOf Augustan religious reforms ⓘ
politicalFunction imperial propaganda ⓘ
purpose celebration of naval victory ⓘ
honor of Apollo ⓘ
legitimation of Augustan rule ⓘ
relatedTo Actian era ⓘ
Nicopolis Actia ⓘ
linked to: Nikopolis
religiousFunction veneration of Apollo Actius ⓘ
sponsoredBy Roman state ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Actium → hosted → Actian Games ⓘ
Nikopolis → significantEvent → Actian Games ⓘ
Apollo Actius → connectedWith → Actian Games ⓘ