Year 260 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Duilius (or, less frequently, year 494 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 260 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for ...

The Battle of Mylae took place in 260 BC during the First Punic War and was the first real naval battle between Carthage and the Roman Republic. This battle was key in the Roman victory of Mylae (present-day Milazzo) as well as Sicily itself. It also marked Rome's first naval triumph and also the first use of the corvus in battle. [2]

The Battle of Messana (265-264 BCE) takes place as the first military clash between the Roman Republic and Carthage. The Etruscan city of Volsinii is brought under Roman control. During a siege, the consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges is killed.

Battle of Mylae, (260 bc), conflict in the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage, whose navy had been harassing Roman peninsular and Sicilian coastal towns. At Mylae the Romans destroyed 50 Carthaginian ships, and the remainder of the enemy fleet fled. The battle marked Rome’s attainment of

2021年10月6日 · Sea battle of Mylae (260 BCE) was fought between the Roman fleet and the Carthaginian fleet during the First Punic War. The Roman side won. Tyrrhenian Sea, near Sicily. The newly built Roman fleet under the command of consul Cnaeus Cornelius Scipion was to sail along the eastern coast of Sicily.

2023年11月1日 · The Punic Wars, a series of three significant conflicts between Carthage and Rome, spanned from 264 BCE to 146 BCE. These wars, fought over territorial disputes, economic control, and political power, had profound and lasting implications for the ancient Mediterranean world, altering the geopolitical landscape and shaping the rise of Rome as a ...

The Battle of Mylae took place in 260 BC off the coast of Mylae (modern-day Milazzo) in northeastern Sicily. Consul Gaius Duilius commanded the Roman fleet, which consisted of around 120 warships, including newly developed quinqueremes equipped with …

2016年5月24日 · Tradition credited Dionysius of Syracuse (ca. 432-367 BCE) with the construction of the first quinquereme. Rome now had a sizeable fleet, but it was not yet a match for that of Carthage. The Roman crews, probably mostly recruited from the lower classes, were still very inexperienced.

260 BCE: The Battle of Mylae. The war’s first naval test came at Mylae (modern Milazzo) in 260 BC, where Consul Gaius Duilius faced Hanno’s fleet of 130 ships. Rome’s 100 quinqueremes, crude but equipped with the corvus, met the Punic line off Sicily’s north coast.

2022年7月24日 · Here are the four major Roman naval battles that laid the foundation for Rome’s dominance over the Mediterranean. 1. The Roman Naval Battle of Mylae (260 BCE) – Dawn of Roman Naval Power. After achieving control over the Apennine peninsula in the mid-third century BCE, Rome looked southwards towards the island of Sicily.