What the records say
- When
- 241 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.97° N, 12.20° E
- Description
- final naval battle between Carthage and the Roman Republic in the First Punic War, resulting in a decisive Roman victory
- Naval
- yes
5 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Aegates: The Carthaginian fleet sent to relieve the Roman blockade of the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum is totally defeated near the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei den Ägatischen Inseln vor der Westküste Siziliens bringt die Entscheidung im Ersten Punischen Krieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “18 mai (10 mars du calendrier romain) : victoire de Rome (Lutatius Catulus) sur Carthage à la bataille des îles Égates mettant fin à la première guerre punique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Весна — Карфагеняне выставили 120 кораблей”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page