This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iv nonas septembres

31 B.C. -- Octavian defeats Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra at Actium

490 B.C. -- Pheidippides runs to Sparta for help against Persians at Marathon (one traditional date)
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