The Aftermath of Drepana
Carthage Builds Upon Her Victory at Drepana Adherbal, the victor at the Battle of Drepana, did not stop his operations there. Another Carthaginian admiral, Carthalo, rendezvoused with him … Read More
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The Battle of Drepana – 249 BCE
The Lead Up Sacred chickens and unfavorable omens aside, Publius Claudius Pulcher decided to go on ahead with the Battle of Drepana. Pulcher clearly wanted to force an engagement while … Read More
Rome Changes Strategy… and Another Storm
The year 254 BCE proved to be a good year for Rome, despite suffering from a cataclysmic storm that sank over 250 warships in the prior campaigning season. … Read More
The First Storm
Back to Sicily The Roman fleet sent to rescue what was left of Regulus‘ army had successfully defeated a Carthaginian fleet and reached Africa. After some brief skirmishing, the previously … Read More
The Battle of Ecnomus – 256 BCE
Both Rome and Carthage had prepared themselves for a showdown on the sea with the result being the unprecedented Battle of Ecnomus. With the preparations ready, the fleets … Read More
257 BCE Sicily and the Events Surrounding Tyndaris
The next year of 257 brought in two new consuls and another battle at sea off Tyndaris, though Aulus Atilius Calatinus stayed on as a land commander acting … Read More
Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus and the Battle of Sulci
The next year as usual, now 258BC, brought on two new Roman consuls. Gaius Florus was still besieging Mytistraton and received reinforcements from the new consul Aulus Atilius Caitinus. … Read More
Lucius Cornelius Scipio
A new year (259) brought in two new consuls, one of them being Lucius Cornelius Scipio. This Lucius Cornelius Scipio is not to be confused with his famous father Lucius … Read More
Gaius Duilius
With Scipio Asina out of the picture as a Carthaginian hostage, Gaius Duilius promptly took command of the entire Roman fleet and gave command of the land forces to military … Read More
Quinqueremes
There is much uncertainty regarding quinqueremes. They were probably invented under the patronage of Dionysius the Elder, the tyrant of Syracuse more than a century before the First Punic War. … Read More