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battle of Actium (Aktion) was fought in the waters south of the town, and Octavian founded the town of Nikópolis to commemorate his victory. In the late medieval period a new town was founded under the present name of Préveza, and in 1499 this town passed into the hands of Venice. From this period dates the castle which is the only substantial remnant of the town's former fortifications, and which affords an excellent general view of the gulf. In 1797, under the treaty of Campo Formio, the town passed from the Venetians to the French, but in the following year the French forces were driven out by Ali Pasha of Ioánnina. Préveza became part of Greece in 1912.

The Nikopolia festival is held annually in July and August.