Battle of Milazzo — may refer to the following battles fought near the city of Milazzo in Sicily, southern Italy:* Battle of Mylae (260 BC), the first Roman naval victory against Carthage *Battle of Milazzo (880), in which Byzantines under Nasaris destroy Arab fleet … Wikipedia
Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC) — Battle of Carthage Part of the Third Punic War … Wikipedia
Battle of Mylae — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Location of Mylae (Milazzo) on the coast of northern Sicily conflict=Battle of Mylae partof=the First Punic War date=260 BC place=Offshore Mylae, northern Sicily result=Roman victory combatant1=Roman Republic… … Wikipedia
Battle of Cape Ecnomus — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Cape Ecnomus partof=the First Punic War date=256 BC place=Offshore Cape Ecnomus, in Sicily result=Roman victory combatant1=Roman Republic combatant2=Carthage commander1=Marcus Atilius Regulus… … Wikipedia
Battle of Drepana — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Drepana partof=the First Punic War date=249 BC place=Off Drepana, Sicily result=Carthaginian victory combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman Republic commander1=Ad Herbal Hamilcar… … Wikipedia
Battle of the Lipari Islands — Infobox Military Conflict caption= The Lapari islands, also known as the Aeolian Islands. conflict=Battle of the Lipari Islands partof=the First Punic War date=260 BC place=Lipara harbour, Sicily result=Carthaginian victory combatant1=Carthage… … Wikipedia
naval ship — Introduction the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… … Universalium
ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… … Universalium
First Punic War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Punic War partof=the Punic Wars caption= date=264 ndash; 241 BC casus= dispute between Carthage and Rome over the Mamertine city Messana place=Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, Sardinia, North Africa… … Wikipedia
Hellenistic-era warships — The famous 2nd century BC Nike of Samothrace, standing atop the prow of an oared warship, most probably a trihemiolia. From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and… … Wikipedia
