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“Valley of the temples”, Agrigento, Italy.
The “Valley of the temples” is an archaeological site in Sicily (Italy): there are important Doric temples of the Hellenistic period.
Hellenistic period: from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) until the battle of Actium (31 BC).
The battle of Actium was a naval battle that ended the civil war between Octavian and Mark Antony. Mark Antony was allied with the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt.