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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Battle infobox
{{battle
|name        = Battle of Actium
|name        = Battle of Actium
|image      =
|image      =
|prev        = [[Operation: IRON FIST]]
|prev        = [[Operation: WARM BLANKET]]
|conc        =  
|conc        =  
|next        = [[Operation: TORPEDO]]
|next        = [[Operation: TORPEDO]]
|conflict    = [[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=49}}
|conflict    = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|date        = [[2545|May 2545]]<ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero - Courage'']</ref>
|date        = May [[2545]]
|place      = [[Actium]], [[Erem system]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|place      = [[Actium]]
|result      = *'''[[Covenant]] victory'''
|result      = *[[Covenant]] Pyrrhic Victory
**Heavy Covenant casualties
**Heavy Covenant casualties
**Actium glassed{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
**Actium glassed
|side1      = {{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|side1      = [[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2      = {{Icon|Covenant HW}} [[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|side2      = [[Covenant]]  
|commanders1 = [[Colonel|COL]] [[Akono Menteith]]&dagger;{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|commanders1 = [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]]&dagger;
|commanders2 = Unknown [[fleetmaster]]
|commanders2 = Unknown Covenant [[Fleet Master]]
|forces1    = [[UNSC Army]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|forces1    = [[UNSC Army]]
*[[34th Armored Division]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=HODSICS|Heading=[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]}}
*[[53rd Armored Division]]
*[[53rd Armored Division]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|forces2    = Unknown
|forces2    = Unknown
|casual1    = *53rd Armored Division{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|casual1    = *Total destruction
**12,000+ soldiers{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
**12,000+ soldiers  
|casual2    = *Heavy casualties{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|casual2    = Heavy casualties
**[[Marshal of Varo]]{{Ref/Reuse|DW8}}
}}
}}
{{Quote|Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you, my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us.|[[Akono Menteith|Colonel Akono Menteith]]'s address to the [[53rd Armored Division]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}}}
{{Quote|Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you, my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us.|[[Akono Menteith|Colonel Akono Menteith]]'s address to the [[53rd Armored Division]]}}
 
The '''Battle of Actium''' was a military engagement that occurred between [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Covenant]] forces during [[2545|May 2545]] on the colony world [[Actium]].<ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero - Courage'']</ref>
The '''Battle of Actium''' was a key military engagement{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} during the [[Human-Covenant War]], occurring between [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Covenant]] forces during [[2545|May 2545]] on the [[human]] [[Inner Colony]] planet of [[Actium]] in the [[Erem system]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==The battle==
==The battle==
In May 2545, a [[Covenant fleet]] invaded Actium. By May 10, [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]], whom had assumed command of the [[UNSC Army]]'s [[53rd Armored Division]], gave a rousing speech to the roughly twelve-thousand surviving UNSC soldiers.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} Later that month, the 53rd Armored Division carried out targeted strikes on the Covenant's leadership cadres{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} and then marched deep into Covenant-held territory in order to destroy three of the largest Covenant staging areas on record; the 53rd did so with the aid of a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s, though they suffered heavy attrition. Within the month, the 53rd Armored Division was annihilated.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
In May 2545, a Covenant armada invaded Actium. By May 10, [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]], whom had assumed command of the [[UNSC Army]]'s [[53rd Armored Division]], gave a rousing speech to the roughly twelve-thousand surviving UNSC soldiers. Later that month, he led the remnants of the division deep into Covenant-held territory in order to destroy three of the largest Covenant staging areas on record; the 53rd did so with the aid of a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s, though they suffered heavy attrition.  


The Covenant later returned en force and [[Glassing|glassed]] much of Actium's surface.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The [[Marshal of Varo|marshal]] of the [[Sangheili]] state of [[Varo]] was involved in this battle, and ultimately killed in the conflict.{{Ref/Novel|Id=DW8|HDW|Chapter=8}}
Within the month, the 53rd Armored Division was annihilated. Actium fell to the Covenant and was presumably [[Glassing|glassed]]. Colonel Menteith's speech became legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of [[human]] resistance against the Covenant.<ref name="Waypoint"/>


==Aftermath==
==Behind the scenes==
Colonel Menteith's speech to the 53rd Armored Division became legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of [[human]] resistance against the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} The tactics used by the 53rd Armored Division during the Battle of Actium later informed the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s other late-war military strategies, including [[Operation: RED FLAG]] in [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
 
During the battle, the [[34th Armored Division]] recovered a {{Pattern|Nahle'hax|needler}} from the Covenant that was later displayed at [[Outpost Discovery]], an exploratory initiative launched by the United Nations Space Command.{{Ref/Reuse|HODSICS}}
 
==Production notes==
The battle shares its name with a [[Wikipedia:Battle of Actium|real-world engagement]] that occurred in 31 BC. The historical Battle of Actium is often considered a crucial step in the transition of the Roman Republic into the Empire.
The battle shares its name with a [[Wikipedia:Battle of Actium|real-world engagement]] that occurred in 31 BC. The historical Battle of Actium is often considered a crucial step in the transition of the Roman Republic into the Empire.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Fm}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC victories|Actium]]

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