Octavian and Agrippa's Battle of Actium

Antony had set up a critical supply hub at mithone in the south west peloponnese. Octavian and agrippa decided that their best shot against antony, who all their propaganda and slanders, they never once underestimated as a military commander, was to act boldly. So in march 31 b c, before the winter was out, agrippa led a daring run through the storming waters of the ionian and launched a surprise assault on the city,. capturing it before antony could react. When the spring arrived, octavian hastily ferried 50 thousand ground forces across the adriatic and h them south. Suddenly, antony