Classical era · 249 BCE

Battle of Drepana

The naval Battle of Drepana (or Drepanum) took place in 249 BC during the First Punic War near Drepana (modern Trapani) in western Sicily, between a Carthaginian fleet under Adherbal and a Roman fleet commanded by Publius Claudius Pulcher.

Battle of Drepana
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When
249 BCE
Where
Trapani
Era
Classical

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