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Carthaginian fleet defeated. The peace treaty forces Carthage to give up Sicily and to pay retribution money to Rome.
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punic timeline
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Lilybaeum and Drepanum captured by the Romans
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Romans continue attacks on Sicily repulsed by Hamilcar.
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Roman victory
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was the first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic. For 20 years, the two powers struggled for supremacy in the western Mediterranean Sea,
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Romans in Africa defeated.
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was a naval battle, fought off Cape Ecnomus (modern day Poggio di Sant'Angelo, Licata, Sicily), between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War.
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they were defeated in the Lipara Islands. At the Battle of Mylae the Romans gained a victory by outfitting their ships with hinged planks, and this allowed them to make use of their excellent infanry in naval engagements.
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The Romans rapidly capture Messina from a Carthaginian garrison. The event demonstrates that Carthaginian officers accept alarming terms of employment.
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(264-241 BC)
A dispute erupts in the Sicilian city of Messana. The other side gains support of Rome. First Punic War begins -
This was Carthaginian victory on land and sea.
