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	Battle of Drepana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Drepana or Drepanum (offshore modern Trapani, western coast of Sicily, 249 BC) was a naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the First Punic War.
		In the night, Hannibal left the city carrying the useless cavalry horses and ran to the harbour of Drepana, before the Romans knew what was happening.
		When they reached Drepana at sunrise, the fleet was scattered in a long, disorganised line with Pulcher's ship in the rear.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Drepana (741 words)

	Battle of Drepanum - 249 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Battle of Drepanum - 249 BC Battle of Drepanum (Drepana) - 249 BC In 249 BC, one of the current consuls, Publius Claudius Pulcher, son of the man who had started the war fifteen years earlier, set out with 10,000 fresh men to augment the crews and 123 ships to surprise Adherbal.
		Claudius Pulcher, who--in the words of Polybius: "owing to his predilections as a drill-master"--positioned himself at the rear of the Roman fleet advancing towards the harbor of Drepana "in order to hustle laggards".
		Hoping to surprise the Carthaginian fleet there, Pulcher lost all capacity to "lead" his ships with the result that he was unable to react to events as they unfolded.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /drepana-249bd.htm (740 words)

	Hamilcar Barca
		At the beginning of the 240's, the Romans had started to besiege Lilybaeum and Drepana (modern Marsala and Trapani), which, however, could be reinforced by the Carthaginians, who still were powerful at sea and employed blockade-runners.
		The other consul, Lucius Junius Pullus, lost his navy in a tempest, but was able to occupy Mount Eryx, east of Drepana, which meant that the two ports were cut off from the rest of the island.
		In 244, he suddenly attacked the Roman fortifications on Mount Eryx, and occupied a part of it, but was unable to raise the siege of nearby Drepana.
	www.livius.org /ha-hd/hamilcar/hamilcar2.html (1400 words)

	Trapani -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is situated on a promontory overlooked by the town of Erice (Monte San Giuliano), west of Palermo.
		The ancient Drepana, it was the port for the Elymian settlement of Eryx until it was captured and made a naval base by the Carthaginians in 260
		The ancient Drepana, it was the port for the Elymian settlement of Eryx until it was captured and made a naval base by the Carthaginians in 260 BC.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9073236 (404 words)

	Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 512 = 242 BC
		Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 512 = 242 BC Polybius 1.59.8 notes that a consul for this year, Q. Lutatius Catulus, took command of the Roman fleet at the beginning of summer, i.e.
		May. Sometime thereafter, after putting Drepana (Trapani) under siege, he defeated the fleet that the Carthaginians had assembled in the meantime to relieve the city at the battle of the Aegates Insulae, the concluding battle of the first Punic War.
		is to suppose that Catulus negotiated with a deputation from Drepana rather than Carthage itself, and that the final negotiations were actually concluded in the next year.
	www.geocities.com /christopherjbennett/ptolemies/chron/roman/242bc.htm (735 words)

	Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 505 = 249 BC
		Claudius Pulcher, set out for Sicily by marching a naval force to the straights of Messina, transporting them to Sicily, and marching along the coast to Drepana (Polybius 1.49).
		He then manned the fleet, tossed the sacred chickens overboard for not giving the appropriate omen of victory, and attacked the Carthaginian fleet at Drepana, where he was decisively defeated, just as the chooks had predicted he would be.
		Since he must have left Rome a few weeks after the start of his consulate at the earliest, the battle can't have taken place any sooner than two months after the start of his consulate.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/chron/roman/249bc.htm (849 words)

	Rome: Total War @ The Wargamer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yet another rebuilt fleet and armies laid siege to Drepana and Lilybaeum, the latter the major Carthaginian supply base left in Sicily.
		The Roman fleet once again suffered disaster in 249 B.C. An attempted surprise naval attack on Drepana was discovered by the Carthaginians, who managed to get their fleet to sea and catch the disorganized Romans between them and the shore.
		In 247 B.C. the Carthaginian leader Hamilcar Barca arrived and though he did not have the forces to break the sieges of Drepana and Lilybaeum, held the Romans off for the rest of the war.
	totalwar.wargamer.com /punic_page4.html (687 words)

	The world's top battle of drepana websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the Romans this was more than an humiliation: it was annulling the whole effect of the siege, since the garrison was being fed and kept in contact with Carthage.
		The clumsy approach was seen by the Punic scouts and the surprise effect lost.
		Carthage's ships thus sailed out of Drepana, passing south of the city and contoured two small islands in the coast to open ocean.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/battle_of_drepana (777 words)

	Polybius on the Mercenaries War
		There is also a knoll on it which serves for an acropolis as well as for an excellent post of observation over the country at the foot of the hill.
		Suddenly appearing off the coast of Sicily, he seized on the harbour of Drepana and the road-steads near Lilybaeum, the whole Carthaginian navy having retired to their own country.
		The Romans had reformed their system of shipbuilding and had also put ashore all heavy material except what was required for the battle; their crews rendered excellent service, as their training had got them well together, and the marines they had were men selected from the army for their steadfastness.
	www.robotwisdom.com /flaubert/salammbo/polybius.html (8970 words)

	British Insects: Lepidoptera Families - Drepanidae
		Cilix glaucata (Chinese Character), Watsonalla binaria (Oak Hook-tip), Watsonalla cultraria (Barred Hook-tip), Drepana curvatula (adventive, not illustrated), Drepana falcataria (Pebble Hook-tip) Falcaria lacertinaria (Scalloped Hook-tip), Sabra harpagula (Scarce Hook-tip).
		Drepana, Falcaria, Sabra, Cilix (Hook-tips): Kirby 31 (part).
		Lists of taxa exhibiting specified attributes and legends for the illustrations are available in the interactive key.
	delta-intkey.com /britin/lep/www/drepanid.htm (396 words)

	Phoenicia, Phoenicians & Punic: Famous Carthaginians
		He was a Greek mercenary general (Spartan, I believe) that trained Carthaginian troops during the First Punic War and supposedly led them in a battle near Tunis, where they routed the Roman expeditionary force under Regulus in 255
		General/admiral who recaptured Agrigentum in 255-54, relieved Drepana in 254 and then co-operated with Adherbal after the battle of Drepana in 249 in keeping the sea power for Carthage.
		His manouvres between Lylibeo and Pachynus caused severe damages to two Roman fleets (burning and capturing ships in the West, relenting the navigation and exposing the Romans to a storm in the east).
	phoenicia.org /carthafamous.html (1016 words)

	The Case of Tunisia
		The struggle against Carthage continued, with oscillating and devastating issues, until the arrival of the Romans who took advantage of the favorable situation.
		The Roman-Carthaginian first war (the causes; Milazzo battle; Ecnomo battle; the landing at Clupea and the death of Attilius Regulus; Drepana battle; Egadi battle; reasons and consequences of the Roman victory; The Mercenaries Revolt)
		The first war lashed by Rome against Carthage aimed at the conquest of Sicily, according to a strategic, military and economic plan.
	www.phoenicia.org /cartunis.html (3593 words)

	Drepana falcataria Photo \| TrekNature
		This is, no doubt, one of the most beautiful moth I've ever seen in my forest.
		It's Latin name is Drepana falcataria and it is known as Pebble Hook-tip Moth.
		Adults are generally pale brown in colour with the characteristic hook-tip at the apex of the forewings.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Europe/Poland/photo16339.htm (455 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Helenopolis
		A titular see of Bithynia Prima, suffragan of Prusa.
		On the southern side of the Sinus Astacenus was a place known as Drepana or Drepanon, where about 258 St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, was born.
		In 318 Constantine gave the place the name Helenopolis, and built there a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian; it soon grew in importance, and Constsntine lived there very often towards the end of his life.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07204a.htm (282 words)

	First Punic War
		Both consuls continue to besiege Lilybaeum and Drepana
		Buteo continues with siege of Drepana, where he captures the island of Pelias
		Blaesus II Siege of Lilybaeum and Drepana continued
	www.livius.org /ps-pz/punic_war/1pw_chrono.html (319 words)

	Hannibal and the Punic Wars battlefield tour
		We explore the ancient city with its magnificent temples and, time permitting, pay a visit to the archaeological museum.
		Depart for Trapani (Drepana), the scene of two naval engagements during the first war.
		Then drive to Palermo for our flight to Tunis via Rome arriving late evening and checking into our hotel for three nights.
	www.midastours.co.uk /t017a.html (931 words)

	Claudius Pulcher, battle of Drepana, 1st Punic War? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Claudius Pulcher, battle of Drepana, 1st Punic War?
		AncientWorlds > Rome > The Forum Romanum > Roman Trivia Quiz > Claudius Pulcher, battle of Drepana, 1st Punic War?
		And his sister told the Roman plebs that she wished her brother would lose another battle that drowned the lot of them too!
	www.ancientworlds.net /367423 (108 words)

	Total War Center Forums - Carthage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lilybaeum, new settlement in western Sicily, 20 miles South of Drepana (3 turns left)
		Lilybaeum, new settlement in western Sicily, 20 miles South of Drepana (2 turns left)
		Henryberia (construction settlement situated in the low Nile, offered by the King of Egypt along with his whole kingdom.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-602.html (1678 words)

	Arched Hooktip Moth - Drepana arcuata - BugGuide.Net
		Arched Hooktip Moth - Drepana arcuata - BugGuide.Net
		I can not find any images of this on the web..
		This is a hooktip moth, (Arched Hooktip: Drepana arcuata) family Drepanidae.
	www.bugguide.net /node/view/6283/bgimage (207 words)

	Hearing in hooktip moths (Drepanidae: Lepidoptera) -- Surlykke et al. 206 (15): 2653 -- Journal of Experimental Biology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		species, Drepana arcuata and Watsonalla uncinula, were examined.
		Key words: Drepana arcuata, Watsonalla uncinula, moth, Drepanidae, Lepidoptera, hearing physiology, chordotonal organ, neuroanatomy
		Insect tympanal ears come in a great variety of forms.
	jeb.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/206/15/2653 (5888 words)

	BirdForum - Late July (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are loads of photos of really nice moths like Bordered Beauty (Epione repandaria), Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria), Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata), Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria), Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria), kittens, prominents, hawks and loads of others.
		Well, here she is. After all the rain and wind (not a moth in sight!) it was a lovely thing to watch.
		Fabulous website Brian - only seen the link page so far but Bedstraw Hawk-moth pics fantastic.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?p=382685 (1800 words)

	SCC Forums > Orders Thread (Turn 20) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		all foot units board ships and sail to Drepana's port
		FLEET - At Drepana - Sail toward the "heel" of italy
		Aug 27 2004, 04:26 PM Carthage Turn Orders 38
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t140-550.html (1285 words)

	SCC Forums > Sign Up Thread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aug 4 2004, 08:42 AM Character name: Carthalo
		Small Description of Character: General/admiral who recaptured Agrigentum in 255-54, relieved Drepana in 254 and then co-operated with Adherbal after the battle of Drepana in 249 in keeping the sea power for Carthage.
		Aug 4 2004, 08:44 AM oops that was me, forgot to login ^^
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t208-50.html (1096 words)

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