22. apud Actium: September 2, 31 B.C. Antony had collected a large naval and land force, but his ships were too large to be handled easily, and many of his land forces deserted. In the midst of the fight Cleopatra fled in her galley, and Antony basely deserted his forces and followed her. Creighton, p. 82; The Roman Triumvirates, p. 225.
23. ex quā: the antecedent of quā is pūgnā.
25. exstincta est: she was too proud to be carried to Rome to adorn the triumphal procession of her conqueror.
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7. duodecim annīs ＝ per annōs above: the Ablative makes the limits of the time more prominent than the duration.
8. prīncipātūs: ‘leadership’; afterwards the ‘sovereignty’ of the emperors; cf. prīnceps, English ‘prince.’
10. morte commūnī: ‘a natural death’; cf. morbō dēcessit, Bk. I, 3. There was a report that he was poisoned by Livia, his wife.
11. Ātellā: it is generally agreed that he died at Nola, near Naples.
sepultus est: the ruins of his mausoleum still exist.