What the records say
- When
- 218 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.80° N, 12.43° E
- Description
- first naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Lilybaeum
First naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War
The Battle of Lilybaeum was the first clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome in 218 BC during the Second Punic War. The Carthaginians had sent 35 quinqueremes to raid Sicily, starting with Lilybaeum. The Romans, warned by Hiero of Syracuse of the coming raid, had time to intercept the Carthaginian contingent with a fleet of 20 quinqueremes and managed to capture several Carthaginian ships.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sommer: Zweite Schlacht von Lilybaeum”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Lilibea entre Cartago y la República romana”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page