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241
Battle of Aegates Islands
Carthaginian fleet defeated. The peace treaty forces Carthage to give up Sicily and to pay retribution money to Rome. -
Period: 241 to 264
punic
punic timeline -
242
Lilybaeum and Drepanum
Lilybaeum and Drepanum captured by the Romans -
247
romans attack
Romans continue attacks on Sicily repulsed by Hamilcar. -
251
Battle of Panormus
Roman victory -
254
Carthaginian Army returns to Sicily
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, -
255
Battle of Tunes
Romans in Africa defeated. -
256
Naval Battle of Cape Economus
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. -
260
Romans were inexperienced at naval warfare
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. -
262
Rome gains control
The Romans rapidly capture Messina from a Carthaginian garrison. The event demonstrates that Carthaginian officers accept alarming terms of employment. -
264
The First Punic War
(264-241 BC)
A dispute erupts in the Sicilian city of Messana. The other side gains support of Rome. First Punic War begins -
Battle of Drepanum
This was Carthaginian victory on land and sea.
