Battle of Cape Ecnomus

When

256 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.05° N, 13.90° E

Description

naval battle of the First Punic War fought off Cape Ecnomus (modern day Poggio di Sant'Angelo in Licata, Sicily) and one of the largest naval battles of the ancient world

Naval

yes

Naval battle of the First Punic War; possibly the largest in history

The Battle of Cape Ecnomus or Eknomos was a naval battle, fought off southern Sicily, in 256 BC, between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War. The Carthaginian fleet was commanded by Hanno and Hamilcar; the Roman fleet jointly by the consuls for the year, Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus. It resulted in a clear victory for the Romans.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rome aims for a quick end to hostilities in the First Punic War and decides to invade the Carthaginian colonies in Northern Africa to force the enemy to accept…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ecnomus Burnu Deniz Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Frühjahr: Im Ersten Punischen Krieg gelingt der römischen Flotte unter Marcus Atilius Regulus und Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus in der Schlacht am Kap Ecnomus…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Été : expédition de Régulus et de Manlius Vulso en Afrique, à la tête de légionnaires embarqués dans 330 navires (256/255 av”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Римский флот консулов отплыл в Африку (330 судов, 100000 экипажа и 40000 десантного корпуса)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla del Cabo Ecnomo: la República romana destroza a la flota de Cartago”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ローマ軍は、第一次ポエニ戦争を早期に終結させるため、北アフリカのカルタゴの植民地を侵攻することを決めた。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Punic War264 BCE · War