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	Battle of the Aegates Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (Aegadian Islands, off the western coast of the island of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle fought between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War.
		The years preceding the battle were of relatively quiet development within the First Punic War.
		The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca was slow to complete his advantage on the island and, probably due to this, from 242 BC Rome eventually decided to build another fleet and regain naval supremacy.
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		The Battle of Sulci was a naval battle fought in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthagenian navys of the coast near the town of Sulci.
		Battle of Cape Ecnomus Conflict First Punic War Date 256 BC Place Offshore Cape Ecnomus, in Sicily Result Roman victory The battle of Cape Ecnomus (offshore Cape Ecnomus, southern coast of Sicily, 256 BC) was a naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the...
		Battle of Drepana Conflict First Punic War Date 249 BC Place Offshore Drepana, in Sicily Result Carthaginian victory The battle of Drepana or Drepanum (offshore modern Trapani, western coast of Sicily, 249 BC) was the a naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the...
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	First Punic War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following several naval battles, Rome was aiming for a quick end of the war and decided to invade the Carthaginian colonies of Africa, to force the enemy to accept terms.
		Nevertheless, the First Punic war was decided in the naval battle of the Aegates Islands (March 10 241 BC), where Carthage lost an entire fleet and was economically incapable of funding another, or to find manpower for the crews.
		The resulting battle of Cape Ecnomus is a major victory for Rome, who lands in Africa and advance on Carthage.
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	Serebella Contents Battle of Tai\'erzhuang---Battle of the Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Old bataille, bataile, French bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, from Latin battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, from batuere to strike, beat.
		A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
		: Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a ``brand'' or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song.
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	The Warren: On March 10th in military history....in 241 BC
		Since the island of Sicily is very hilly, most of the land warfare was limited to besieging the various ports and strongholds.
		The decisive battle during the First Punic War was the Battle of the Aegates Islands.
		The Aegates Islands (now known as the Egadi Islands) are located to the west of Trapani between Tunisia and Sicily.
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	Battle of the Aegates Islands, 242 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Battle of the Aegates Islands, 242 BC Battle of the Aegates (Egadi) Islands, 241 BC By the winter of 243/2 the Roman treasury is exhausted.
		Lutatius got word of the arrival, embarked his best troops and sailed to the island of Aegusa (Aegates Islands or Egadi Islands) near Lilybaeum to intercept.
		Thus it was that on March 10, 241BC, the Carthaginian relieving fleet was totally defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily.
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	Battle of the Aegates Islands
		Rome had no fleet (destroyed in the battle of Drepana and the following storm) and Carthage made little use of this advantage.
		Hanno calls an halt near the Aegates Islands to wait for a favourable breeze that would speed him to Lilybaeum.
		Perhaps due to the carried provisions and their extra weight, or to the inexperience of hurriedly levied crews, Hanno did not took advantage of the favourably wind and lost the battle that followed.
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	First Punic War (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.
		Instead of manuevering to ram, which was the stardard naval tactic at the time, corvus equipped ships would maneuver alongside the enemy vessel, deploy the bridge which would attach to the enemy ship through spikes on the end of the bridge, and send legionnaires across as boarding parties.
		Rome did build another fleet paid for with donations from wealthy citizens and the First Punic War was decided in the naval battle of the Aegates Islands (March 10, 241 BC), where the new Roman fleet under consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus scored a victory.
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	Corvus (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Romans' application of boarding tactics worked; they won several battles, most notably those of Mylae, Sulci, Tyndaris, and Ecnomus.
		As Roman naval tactics improved and her crews became more experienced, the advantage of the corvus in battle no longer outweighed the risk involved in using it.
		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.
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	Phoenician Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battle was a catastrophe for the Ionians.
		The Battle of Salamis was one of the first great naval battles in recorded history and was during the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus.
		In naval battles, sails were almost always taken down, to improve maneuverability and because of the risk of the mast snapping from the impact of ramming.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Roman Navy
		battle of the Eurymedon, 190 BC – Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle.
		battle of Naulochus, 36 BC – Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of the rebel Sextus Pompeius.
		battle of the Hellespont, 323 – Flavius Julius Crispus, son of Constantine, defeats the naval forces of Licinius
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	First Punic War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following several naval battles, Rome was aimingfor a quick end of the war and decided to invade the Carthaginian colonies of Africa, to force the enemy to accept terms.
		Nevertheless, the First Punic war was decided in the naval battle of the Aegates Islands (March 10, 241 BC), where Carthage lost an entirefleet and was economically incapable of funding another, or to find manpower for the crews.
		The resulting battle of CapeEcnomus is a major victory for Rome, who lands in Africa and advance on Carthage.
	www.therfcc.org /first-punic-war-65123.html (2271 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.
		This last naval battle of the Roman Republic definitively established Rome, with Octavian in sole command, as the supreme naval power in the Mediterranean.
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	March 10 Definition / March 10 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands The battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (offshore western coast of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War.
		The fourth is Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland is the current limit of UK sovereignty on the island of Ireland....
		The largest of the islands (known as the Home Islands) are, from north to south, Hokkaido (北海道), Honshu (本州, the largest island), Shikoku (四国), and Kyushu (九州).
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	First Punic War, 264-241 BC
		Although this victory gave Rome control of much of Sicily, the nature of the island, where much of the population lived in walled towns, and the relative weakness of both sides in siege warfare resulted in a long period of inconclusive warfare on the island.
		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.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of the Aegates Islands
		The battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (offshore western coast of Sicily, 10 March 241 BC) was the final naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War.
		The result was a decisive Roman victory which put an end to the conflict.
		Rome lacked a fleet - the one it had at the beginning of the war had been destroyed in the Battle of Drepana and in the storm that followed - however Carthage made little use of this advantage.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aegates_Islands (636 words)

	Wikipedia: March 10
		241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
		Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
		1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
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	The Roman Hideout - News - Archeologists on trail of Punic Wars warships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After two years of underwater searches around the islands, which lie west of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, experts last year found a bronze helmet and some amphorae from about 241 BC, the date of the decisive Roman victory over the Carthage fleet (march 10th, 241 BC).
		The Battle of the Aegates Islands was the final naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War and marked a turning point for the two powers.
		Pinpointing the location of the battle and the some sunken 60 ships has been difficult since fighting lasted for up to four hours while the vessels moved in a southerly direction.
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	Corvus (weapon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Their skills perfected for land battles and Rome's biggest were the discipline and courage of Roman The corvus at sea allowed the Republic to use of this superiority against the more Carthaginian fleet.
		The tactics of applying land at sea worked as the Romans won battles of Mylae Sulci Tindarys and Ecnomus largely due to the corvus strategy and Carthaginian incapacity to adapt.
		The engine is mentioned in the sources after the Ecnomus apparently the battle of the Aegates Islands that decided the first Punic war already won without them.
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	Battle of the Aegates Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The years preceding the battle of the Islands were of relative quiet development of First Punic War.
		Rome lacked a fleet the one it had at the beginning the war had been destroyed in the battle of Drepana and in the storm that followed however Carthage made little use of this The war was stalled concentrated in small land operations in Sicily.
		In the morning of March 10 the wind blew to favour the and Hanno immediately made sail.
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	Roman Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		* battle of the Eurymedon, 190 BC – Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle.
		battle of Naulochus, 36 BC – Octavian's fleet, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeats the forces of the rebel Pompey.
		It was built by Caesar Augustus around 30 BC, and probably fought the battle of Actium.
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	CARTHAGE - LoveToKnow Article on CARTHAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He conquered Sardinia and the Balearic Islands, where he founded Port Mahon (Portus Magonis), and so increased the power of Carthage that he was able to force commercial treaties upon the Etruscans, and the Greeks of both Sicily and Italy.
		The.Romans, victorious at the naval battles of Mylae (Melazzo) and Ecnomus (260 and 256), sent M. Atiius Regulus with an army to Africa., But the Carthaginians, by the help of the Spartan Xanthippus, were successful, and Regulus was captured.
		The battles of the Ticinus, Trebia and Trasiliiene Lake are but stages in the wonderful progress which culminated in the battle of Cannae (August 2, 216).
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	First Punic War
		241: On March 10, 241 BC at the Battle of Aegates Islands (Battle of Aegusa) off the coast of Sicily the Romans destroy the Carthaginian fleet, effectively ending the war.
		Acting with foreknowledge Lutatius set sail towards the island of Aegusa (Aegates Islands) close by Lilybaeum to engage the Punic fleet.
		The historian Polybius comments that the First Punic War was the most destructive war in terms of casualties in the history of warfare, including the battles of Alexander the Great.
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