What the records say
- When
- 255 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.61° N, 10.17° E
- Description
- battle of the First Punic War in which Rome defeated Carthage
Battle of Adys
256 BC battle of the First Punic War
The battle of Adys took place in late 256 BC during the First Punic War between a Carthaginian army jointly commanded by Bostar, Hamilcar and Hasdrubal and a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus. Earlier in the year, the new Roman navy had established naval superiority and used this advantage to invade the Carthaginian homeland, which roughly aligned with modern Tunisia in North Africa.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Adis (or Adys) is fought near the city of that name, 40 mi southeast of Carthage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cartago y la República de Roma libran la batalla de Adís”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アディスの戦いに敗れたカルタゴはスパルタ人の傭兵Xanthippusを雇い、軍を再編した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page