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{{Battle infobox
|name     = Battle of Actium
|name       = Battle of Actium
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]]
|image      =
|date     = May - June 2545
|prev        = [[Operation: IRON FIST]]
|place   = [[Actium]]
|conc        =
|result   = Covenant victory
|next        = [[Operation: TORPEDO]]
|side1 = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]
|conflict   = [[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=49}}
|side2 = [[Covenant Empire]]  
|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>
|commanders1 =[[Colonel]] [[Acono Mentiath]]
|place       = [[Actium]], [[Erem system]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|forces1 =[[53rd Armored Division]]
|result     = *'''[[Covenant]] victory'''
|forces2 =
**Heavy Covenant casualties
|casual1 = 53rd Armored Division
**Actium glassed{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|side1       = {{Icon|UNSC HCW}} [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|side2       = {{Icon|Covenant HW}} [[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|commanders1 = [[Colonel|COL]] [[Akono Menteith]]&dagger;{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|commanders2 = Unknown [[fleetmaster]]
|forces1     = [[UNSC Army]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
*[[34th Armored Division]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=HODSICS|Heading=[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]}}
*[[53rd Armored Division]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|forces2     = Unknown
|casual1     = *53rd Armored Division{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
**12,000+ soldiers{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
|casual2    = *Heavy casualties{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}
**[[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}}}}


The '''Battle of Actium''' was a military engagement that occured between [[UNSC]] forces and the [[Covenant]] between May and June, 2545 on the colony world [[Actium]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Halo Waypoint'' video], [[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}}


==Background==
==The battle==
In 2545, a [[Covenant]] armada invaded the planet in an attempt to conquer and [[Glassing|glass]] the world. On May 10th, Colonel Acono Mentiath of the 53rd Armoured Division, standing before 12,000 men and women<!--Note that the video does not specify as to their branch--> fighting alongside him, made a speech:
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}}


{{Quote|
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}}
Let no one here question our place in [[human]] history. That we are here right now is not a coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this [[Human-Covenant War|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.
 
}}
==Aftermath==
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 planet fell less that a month later, but Colonel Mentiath led the UNSC forces deep into enemy-held territory. There, with a pair of HAVOK tactical nukes, they destroyed three of the largest Covenant staging areas in recorded history. All UNSC forces were wiped out, but the Covenant forces took heavy losses.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Fm}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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Battle of Actium

Conflict:

Human-Covenant War[1]

Date:

May 2545[2]

Location:

Actium, Erem system[1]

Outcome:

  • Covenant victory
    • Heavy Covenant casualties
    • Actium glassed[1]
Details
Belligerents

UNSC[2]

Covenant[2]

Commanders

COL Akono Menteith[2]

Unknown fleetmaster

Strength

UNSC Army[2]

Unknown

Casualties
  • 53rd Armored Division[2]
    • 12,000+ soldiers[2]
 

"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."
Colonel Akono Menteith's address to the 53rd Armored Division[2]

The Battle of Actium was a key military engagement[1] during the Human-Covenant War, occurring between United Nations Space Command and Covenant forces during May 2545 on the human Inner Colony planet of Actium in the Erem system.[1]

The battle[edit]

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.[2] Later that month, the 53rd Armored Division carried out targeted strikes on the Covenant's leadership cadres[1] 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 weapons, though they suffered heavy attrition. Within the month, the 53rd Armored Division was annihilated.[2]

The Covenant later returned en force and glassed much of Actium's surface.[1] The marshal of the Sangheili state of Varo was involved in this battle, and ultimately killed in the conflict.[4]

Aftermath[edit]

Colonel Menteith's speech to the 53rd Armored Division became legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of human resistance against the Covenant.[2] 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.[1]

During the battle, the 34th Armored Division recovered a Nahle'hax-pattern needler from the Covenant that was later displayed at Outpost Discovery, an exploratory initiative launched by the United Nations Space Command.[3]

Production notes[edit]

The battle shares its name with a 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[edit]

Sources[edit]