What the records say
- When
- 9 Aug 36 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.22° N, 15.24° E
- Description
- naval battle of the Sicilian Revolt
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the town its title names, Mylae.
Battle of Mylae (36 BC)
Naval battle of the Sicilian Revolt
The Battle of Mylae took place in 36 BC during the War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate, between the Second Triumvirate under the command of Agrippa and the Pompeians under the command of Sextus Pompey led by Papias, which occurred in the city of Mylae, off the north coast of Sicily. The battle resulted in a victory for the Second Triumvirate.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Römische Bürgerkriege: In der Seeschlacht von Mylae besiegt die Flotte des Octavian unter dem Kommando von Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa die Flotte des Sextus…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page