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]
battles ofMylae and Naulochus in 36 BC. In 33 BC, he served as curule aedile. Agrippa commanded the victorious Octavian's fleet at the Battleof Actium...
deployed his ships for the BattleofMylae in the traditional long line arrangement. Although inexperienced in sea battle, the Romans, led by consul Gaius...
Rome to adorn the speaker's platform of the Forum, according to the tradition initiated after the BattleofMylae. The Carthaginian fleet fell back to...
Rome's first ever victory at sea by defeating the Carthaginians at the BattleofMylae. He later served as censor in 258, and was appointed dictator to hold...
naval BattleofMylae was fought offshore. The fleet of Octavian, commanded by Marcus Agrippa, engaged that of Sextus Pompey. While the battle was nearly...
most of Sicily. 260 BC - Battleof the Lipari Islands – A Roman naval force is defeated by the Carthaginians. BattleofMylae – A Roman naval force under...
ways of fleet construction, development and composition in order to successfully engage the Carthaginian navy. Victories at the BattleofMylae, the Battle...
challenge Carthage's, and using the corvus inflicted a major defeat at the battleofMylae in 260 BC. A Carthaginian base on Corsica was seized, but an attack...
naval battle near Mylae (modern Milazzo); that same month, Octavian was defeated and seriously wounded in a battle near Taormina. In front of Naulochus...
first naval skirmish of the war against Hannibal Gisco at Lipara, but his colleague Gaius Duilius won a great victory at Mylae. He destroyed or captured...
Duilii ("Rostral Column of Gaius Duilius"), a commemorative column celebrating the naval BattleofMylae (260 BC); remnants of the inscription are in the...
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return of the people on duty. A temple of Janus is said to have been consecrated by the consul Gaius Duilius in 260 BC after the BattleofMylae in the...
enemy fleet of Carthage transforming the naval battle into a melee combat. After the victory over the Carthaginians at the BattleofMylae in 260 BC, Duilius...
("Rostral Column of Gaius Duilius"), celebrating the naval BattleofMylae (260 BC); formerly in the Roman Forum, some remnants of the inscription are...
Battleof Milazzo may refer to the following battles fought near the city of Milazzo in Sicily, southern Italy: BattleofMylae (260 BC) Battleof Milazzo...
buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state. Today they remain...
Syracusan military leader, Hieron, defeats them in a pitched battle at the Longanus River near Mylae, but Carthaginian forces intervene to prevent him from...
marble columns of the Temple of Janus in Rome's Forum Holitorium, dedicated by Gaius Duilius after his naval victory at the BattleofMylae in 260 BC, still...
seized the stronghold of Messina, and proceeded in harassing the Syracusans. They were finally defeated in a pitched battle near Mylae along the Longanus...
and took command of the fleet. He promptly sailed, seeking battle. The two fleets met off the coast ofMylae in the BattleofMylae. Hannibal Gisco had...
Duilius won its first major engagement later that year at the BattleofMylae. During the course of the war, Rome continued to be victorious at sea: victories...
soldiers to board enemy ships. The bridge would prove effective at the BattleofMylae, resulting in a Roman victory. The Vikings, in the 8th century AD,...
list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval...
Carthaginian navy. Victories at the BattleofMylae, the Battleof Cape Ecnomus, the Battleof Cape Hermaeum and the Battleof the Aegates encouraged the Romans...
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