AC'TIAN, adjective Relating to Actium, a town and promontory of Epirus, as actian games, which were instituted by Augustus, to celebrate his navel victory over Anthony, near that town, Sep. 2, B.C. 31. They were celebrated every five years. Hence, actian years, reckoned from that era.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.