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Aerial view of the monument to Octavian Augustus at Nicopolis, a trophy from the naval battle of Actium. The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Traces of watercolor are visible in the margins.
This is a naval monument built by Octavian to commemorate the victory at Actium. It stands on a double terrace. The building comprises a colonnaded portico arranged around a U-shaped courtyard, at the center of which is an altar. The façade faces the sea and is decorated with the spurs of ships captured from the enemy.