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	Largest naval battle in history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In contrast, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought during World War II, and one side was fielded by liberal democracies, with strong record-keeping institutions.
		The largest number of ships of the line in a single battle was perhaps the 87 of various sizes which took part in a sea battle between Venice and Turkey near Corfu in 1716 (however, most didn't fight), or the 85 which took part in the Battle of Matapan, between Venice and Turkey, in 1717.
		Several battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654) as well as the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 and the Battle of La Hougue in 1692 also featured large numbers of warships on each side, possibly well over 100, depending on where you draw the line between ships of the line and frigates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Largest_naval_battle_in_history (682 words)

	Punic Wars - Crystalinks
		Following several naval battles, Rome was aiming for a quick end to the war and decided to invade the Carthaginian colonies of Africa, to force the enemy to accept terms.
		The new weapon's efficiency was first proved in the battle of Mylae, the first Roman naval victory, and continued to prove its value in the following years, especially in the huge Battle of Ecnomus.
		Hasdrubal was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Metaurus River (207).
	www.crystalinks.com /punicwars.html (3919 words)

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		Romans engaged in a battle with the Latins.
		In the battle, Scipio defeated the Carthaginian forces and so severely defeated the forces of the Carthaginian ally King Syphax of Numidia that Scipio was able to expel Syphax's forces from the capital of Cirta with a force of 3 cohorts (about 1650 men).
		Pompeius Magnus is defeated in a battle with Q. Sertorius near the River Sucro and later enters an indecisive battle near the town of Saguntum.
	www.novaroma.org /camenaeum/RomanTimeline.txt (25003 words)

	Ancient Roman Navy - Crystalinks
		The first few naval battles of the First Punic War were disasters for Rome, and it was not until the invention of the Corvus, a grappling engine which made it easier for Romans to board the Carthaginian vessels, that Rome was able to win the war.
		This allowed the Romans to send their army to sea to board the attached enemy ships, avoiding the traditional battle tactics of ramming, in which they were far less experienced.Although the first sea engagement, the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC, was a defeat for Rome, the forces involved were relatively small.
		It is not mentioned in period sources after the battle of Ecnomus and apparently the battle of the Aegates Islands that decided the first Punic war was won without them; however an evolution of the corvus, called arpax, was used in the battle of Naulochus.
	www.crystalinks.com /romenavy.html (1203 words)

	The naval battle of Ecnomus
		The fight at Ecnomus was to be one of the greatest battles in history, because on both sides, more than 140,000 men were present.
		They pointed out to them that in the event of victory in the battle they would be fighting afterwards for Sicily, but that if defeated they would have to fight for their own country and their homes, and bade them take this to heart and embark.
		The battle was begun by the Romans who, noticing that the Carthaginian line was thin owing to its great extent, delivered an attack on the center.
	www.livius.org /sh-si/sicily/sicily_t25.html (1478 words)

	Battle of Cape Ecnomus, 256 BC
		Battle of Cape Ecnomus, 256 BC Battle of Cape Ecnomus, 256 BC Massive naval battle during the First Punic War.
		Even if the numbers of men present on each side are reduced from those given in our sources, this may still have been the biggest naval battle, in terms of the numbers of combatants, in all of history.
		The battle was a result of Rome's decision to launch an invasion of Africa, to directly threaten Carthage.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_ecnomus.html (532 words)

	First Punic War, 264-241 BC
		After winning a naval battle at Ecnomus, the consuls landed near Aspis, captured the city, and launched raids across the fertile hinterland.
		The revived Carthaginian army defeated Regulus at the battle of Tunis.
		The two fleets met at the battle of Ecnomus, probably the biggest naval battle in history, at least in terms of the numbers of men involved, and once again Rome was victorious.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/wars_punic1.html (2627 words)

	First Punic War - Military History Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After a few skirmishes, the battle of Agrigentum was fought and won by Rome, and the city fell.
		The resulting battle of Cape Ecnomus is a major victory for Rome, who lands in Africa and advance on Carthage.
		The battle of Adys is the first Roman success in African soil and Carthage sues for peace.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /index.php?title=First_Punic_War (2412 words)

	Carthage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battles in the titanic struggle between the two powers helped forge the Roman legions and navies into the supreme fighting force in the Mediterranean.
		The decisive battle of Himera between Carthaginian and Greek forces on Sicily might even have taken place on the very same day that the Greeks met with the Persians in the famous battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC in Greece itself in 480 BC.
		Despite such their joint heritage, Bomilcar's line of the family is seen to have been in bitter rivalry with that of king Hamilcar, who was still at the head of his army in Italy.
	www.roman-empire.net /republic/carthage.html (11441 words)

	History Greatest Military Defeats - Page 8 - Military Photos
		Japanese warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the forces of Toyotomi Hideyori in a battle of epic proportions, leading to the establishment of the 200+ year Tokugawa dynasty of shoguns and extinction of the Toyotomis.
		The outnumbered Swedish fleet (the Finnish Coastal Navy) defeated the Russian Imperial Navy in the battle that is considered one of the biggest naval battles in history because of the number of vessels involved.
		The rowable (for better maneuverability in coastal battles) frigates, galleys and gunboats used in the battle were typical 18th century warships.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?p=1712300#post1712300 (3267 words)

	A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
		202 BCE Hannibal is defeated at the Battle of Zama.
		An indecisive battle near the confluence of the Margus (modern Morava) and Danube rivers, not far from present-day Belgrade, would have been a defeat for Diocletian had Carinus not been assassinated by a group of soldiers.
		According to the account given by the Christian apologist Lactantius, Constantine fought the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312) in the name of the Christian God, having received instructions in a dream to paint the Christian Cross on the shields of his troops.
	www.humanitas-international.org /perezites/archive/timeline.htm (19687 words)

	Battle of Tyndaris
		The Battle of Tyndaris is a naval battle of the First Punic War, which took place off Tyndaris (modern Tindari) in 257 BC.
		Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse, allowed Tyndaris to become a base for the Carthaginians; however, after this battle, which took place in the waters between Tyndaris and the Aeolian Islands, with Marcus Atilius Regulus at the command of the Roman fleet, the town fell to Rome.
		This naval engagement was followed by the battle of Cape Ecnomus.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Tyndaris.html (138 words)

	A to Z of Battles quiz -- free game
		"Can you identify these famous battles as they appear from A-Z? You are given each battle's first letter, its year and the conflict in which it was fought, plus a brief description.
		E - 499 BC - Persian-Greek Wars: The Persians inflicted a massive defeat on the Athenian forces, to such an extent that the Athenians withdrew their fleet from Asia Minor.
		H - 1066 - Norman Conquest: Harold II, The last Anglo-Saxon king of England, was slain by an arrow in his eye (according to popular legend) and William of Normandy began the last successful invasion of Britain.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=215633 (824 words)

	Marko Marelic, Roman conquest of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic
		Near Cape Ecnomus, off the south coast of Sicily, they fell in with the Carthaginians, who had made a belated effort under the threat of invasion and brought their numbers almost to the level of the Romans.
		The battle of Ecnomus, the hardest fought of ancient naval actions in western waters, gave the Romans an unopposed landing in Africa.
		In 250 BC at last a Carthaginian commander, with a sudden flash of enterprise, attempted to recover Panormus, but in a battle outside the gates he was heavily defeated and lost his entire elephant corps.
	www.korcula.net /history/mmarelic/rom_conquest.htm (3789 words)

	CNAfUnit3FirstPunicWar
		Most of the major battles of this first war were fought on or around the island, and, as it would in the Second War, Rome was willing and able to commit more resources to the effort.
		This somewhat limited Roman success in later battles, but the Romans, from here on, had the advantage at sea -- if they had a competent admiral, which was not always the case.
		In the naval Battle of Ecnomus, off the southern coast of Sicily, the Carthaginians tried to draw of the two leading Roman squadrons.
	www.mmdtkw.org /CNAf003FirstPunicWar.html (3621 words)

	A History of Europe, Chapter 3
		At the battle of Ecnomus (256) in which more than seven hundred ships participated, the Carthaginians out maneuvered the Romans, but showed they learned nothing from the first disaster; the Romans sank thirty ships and captured sixty-four.
		The fleet that won the battle of Ecnomus continued to Africa, carrying an army led by a general named Regulus.
		Scipio was wounded in the battle of Ticinus, and had to withdraw downstream and wait until reinforcements arrived.
	www.xenohistorian.faithweb.com /europe/eu03.html (21612 words)

	Kozzmo
		480 Battles of Thermoplae and Samalis, Euripedes born
		331 Battle of Gaugamela (Darius III is ruined by Alexander)
		321 Rise of Chandrgupta in the Punjab, Romans defeated by Samnites at the Battle of Caudine Forks
	www.k0zzm0.com /history (945 words)

	Battle of Cape Ecnomus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bulk of the transport ships was right behind them and the third squadron covered the rear, adding protection.
		The Carthaginians expected them and the two fleets met in the southern coast of Sicily, offshore Mount Ecnomus.
		Then the two front Roman squadrons made a turn to relieve the situation in the rear.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Ecnomus (734 words)

	Rome's First Great War
		The patchiness of the sources is frustratingly apparent in the last period of the war.
		In 249 Rome lost virtually its entire fleet to a battle and a storm, just at the moment when Carthage's handful of remaining strongholds in Sicily seemed on the verge of collapse.
		But he defends Polybius' enormous figures for the numbers of ships and men engaged at the Battle of Ecnomus (256 B.C.) and lost in the storm off Camarina (255 B.C.).
	stromata.tripod.com /id82.htm (794 words)

	Etext » books
		At last a battle was fought (262), in which the Romans were victorious, owing to their superior infantry.
		[Footnote: In 259, three years previous to the battle of Ecnomus, the Romans under Lucius Scipio captured Blesia, a seaport of Corsica, and established there a naval station.] A wrecked Carthaginian vessel was taken as a model, and by the spring of 260 a navy of 120 sail was ready for sea.
		The next year another battle was fought near Baecula, resulting in the total defeat of the Carthaginians, who retreated to Gadus, in the southwestern part of Spain.
	etext.teamnesbitt.com /books/etext/etext04/8rome10.txt.html (22678 words)

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		Battle of the BAGRADES Valley, 255 BC (p.
		Battle of AEGATES ISLANDS, March 241 BC (p.
		At the end of the First Punic War, the Carthaginians surrended the island of Sicily.
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/cary12.txt (1502 words)

	Characters
		Borix survives the whole Alpine crossing and the battles at the Ticinus, Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Gerunium, but he is killed at Cannae.
		Consul in 217, when he died at the Battle of Lake Trasimene where his army was ambushed by Hannibal.
		In Canusium, after the battle, he led a group of men planning to desert Rome in her darkest hour.
	chucksp1.tripod.com /characters.htm (4755 words)

	Battle Index
		Caporetto, battle of, 24 October-12 November 1917 (Italy)
		Copenhagen, battle of: Nelson's first letter to the Crown Prince
		Copenhagen, battle of: Nelson's second letter to the Crown Prince
	www.historyofwar.org /battleindex_c.html (98 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.9.11
		It might seem baffling that the First Punic War, a war lasting 23 years (264-241 BC), involving what is arguably the largest naval battle in history, has not been the subject of a monograph before now.
		Thus the story of how a Roman ship was able to cross a harbor chain is corroborated by an example from 19th century British naval history -- Polybius need not be inventing this (147 and 190n4).
		The only point at which I felt any doubt about this was in the description of the battle of Ecnomus (91).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1996/96.09.11.html (1612 words)

	X.4. An Awkward Friend Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Quasimodo picked up his lantern and descended to the platform between the towers, in order to get a nearer view, and to spy out a means of defence.
		Although he expected no resistance, he wished, like a prudent general, to preserve an order which would permit him to face, at need, a sudden attack of the watch or the police.
		He had accordingly stationed his brigade in such a manner that, viewed from above and from a distance, one would have pronounced it the Roman triangle of the battle of Ecnomus, the boar's head of Alexander or the famous wedge of Gustavus Adolphus.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Hugo/Hunchback/HunchbackC53P2.htm (357 words)

	africanfront.com (AUF)
		1410 BCE Joshua at the battle of Jericho.
		Ramesses III fights them in a land battle in Canaan and a sea battle in a delta mouth.
		31 BC Octavian is victorious at the battle of Actium.
	www.africanfront.com /calendar.php (7778 words)

	The First Punic War - Ancient Roman Empire Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A larger boat was constructed the following century, firstly by the Carthaginian Navy which was called a Quadriremes meaning four but these did not have the manovurebility of the Trireme!;
		Many battle techniques were used in naval engagements including ramming and boarding, but a lot of the losses of man and ship was caused by bad weather.
		I wonder if any of these vessals still exist, it would be great to see one, I believe a re-construction was made in 1980, but alas, thats all I know!
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1127 (213 words)

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