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Agrippa and Antony's Battle
The battle takes place on the 2nd of September in the year 31 BCE. The two sides get their fleets in place probably about 10am in the morning. Cleopatra shocks everyone by making ready to leave, and she and her 60 ships simply break through the line or they sail through the line. There's no way that Octavian and Agrippa ships can catch them because they're rowing. They don't have their sails. Antony does attempt to charge and to ram the enemy ships, but he fails. And so what can you tell me about the battle itself? Is it a long undertaking and how does it unfold?