Battle of Sulci
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Battle of Sulci | |||||||
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Part of First Punic War | |||||||
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Roman Republic | Carthage | ||||||
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Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus |
First Punic War |
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Messina - Agrigentum – Lipari Islands – Mylae – Sulci – Tyndaris – Cape Ecnomus – Adys – Tunis – Panormus – Drepana – Lillybaeum - Siege of Drepana - Mt Ercte - 1st Mt Eryx - Raid of Tarentum - 2nd Mt Eryx - Aegates Islands |
The Battle of Sulci was a naval battle fought in 258 BC between the Roman and Carthagenian navies of the coast near the town of Sulci, in Sardinia. It was a minor Roman victory, obtained by consul Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus.