What the records say
- When
- 276 BCE
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 37.80° N, 12.43° E
- Description
- Pyrrhus' siege of Lilybaeum in 278 BC
Siege of Lilybaeum (c. 277 BC)
Military investment during the Pyrrhic War
The siege of Lilybaeum was a military operation of the Pyrrhic War in 277 or 276 BC, when an Epirote-Syracusian army led by Pyrrhus of Epirus attempted to capture the strategically important port city of Lilybaeum held by the Carthaginian Empire.
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