Siege of Aspis information

The siege of Aspis or Clupea was fought in 256 BC between Carthage and the Roman Republic. It was the first fighting on African land during the First Punic...

Part of the First Punic War Siege of Aspis (255 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Lilybaeum (250 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Drepana...

BCE Siege of Aspis 255 BCE Siege of Adys 255 BCE Battle of Tunis 240–238 BCE Mercenary War Spring 240 BCE Battle of Utica Autumn 240 BCE Battle of the...

Early 255 BCE Siege of Aspis Early 255 BCE Battle of Adys 255 BCE Battle of Tunis 240 — 238 BCE Mercenary War Spring 240 BCE Battle of Utica Autumn 240...

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the fortified town of Aspis (Ancient Greek: Ἀσπίς) in the 5th century BC. The Siege of Aspis in 255 BC was the first African battle of the First Punic War...

The siege of Saguntum took place in 219 BC between the Carthaginians and the Saguntines at the town of Saguntum, near the modern town of Sagunto in the...

reinforced with bronze and called an aspis. The aspis was also the longest-lasting and most famous and influential of all of the ancient Greek shields.[citation...

stage made of organic materials such as linen (possibly linothorax) and leather, greaves, a full helmet, and a large round shield (the aspis). Hoplites...

was fought after a long siege which started in 262 BC and resulted both in a Roman victory and the beginning of Roman control of Sicily. Agrigentum is a...

defeated, but managed to escape. Hannibal temporarily managed to raise the siege of Capua. A tactical Carthaginian victory, it ultimately did not help the...

near Aspis (modern Kelibia) on the Cape Bon Peninsula and began ravaging the Carthaginian countryside. After a brief siege, Aspis was captured. Most of the...

following a brief siege, sacking the city of Aspis. Regulus then inflicted a crushing defeat on a hastily raised Carthaginian army at the Battle of Adys near...

billeted inside the city of Carthage where the advantages of civilisation were appreciated to the full after up to eight years under siege. This "tumultuous...

Hoplites, Greek infantry, fought with a long spear and a large shield, the aspis. Light infantry (psiloi) peltasts, served as skirmishers. Despite the fact...

larger dimensions, the traditional Greek hoplite shield often called the aspis (ἀσπίς), though this was a general term for any shield, it is more properly...

near the city of Carteia. 204 BC Autumn: Siege of Utica – Scipio's siege of Utica in Africa fails. Battle of Crotona – Hannibal fought a drawn battle...

if necessary hand to hand sword and shoulder-borne aspis (shield) fighting. Ajax the Greater, son of Telamon, sports a large, rectangular shield (σάκος)...