Ancient Rome · BATTLE SITE · 241 BC
Battle of the Aegates Islands (241 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Aegates Islands”
10 Mar 241 BC — Rome’s fifth fleet — built by private loans after four were lost — destroys Carthage’s last. Sicily becomes the first province.
- When
- 10 Mar 241 BC
- Type
- Battle site
- Chapter
- First Punic War (chapter 1 of Ancient Rome)
- Atlas
- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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