Battle of the Lipari Islands

When

260 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.47° N, 14.96° E

Description

first encounter between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War

Naval

yes

Battle between Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War

The Battle of the Lipari Islands or Battle of Lipara was a naval encounter fought in 260 BC during the First Punic War. A squadron of 20 Carthaginian ships commanded by Boödes surprised 17 Roman ships under the senior consul for the year Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio in Lipara Harbour. The inexperienced Romans made a poor showing, with all 17 of their ships captured, along with their commander.

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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 “Hannibal Gisco returns to fight in Sicily as the admiral in charge of the Carthaginian fleet in the Strait of Messina”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Lipari Adaları Deniz Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Teil der noch unerfahrenen römischen Flotte (rund 20 Schiffe unter dem Kommando des Konsuls Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina) geht bei dem überstürzten…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Défaite navale de Rome aux îles Lipari : le consul Scipion et 17 navires sont enfermés dans le port de Lipari et faits prisonniers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aníbal Giscón regresa para luchar en Sicilia como el almirante a cargo de la flota cartaginesa en el estrecho de Mesina”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• First Punic War264 BCE · War