| Battle of Agrigentum | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Punic War | |||||||||
 Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Agrigentum (modern Agrigento) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Roman Republic | Carthage | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Lucius Postumius Megellus Quintus Mamilius Vitulus |
Hanno Hannibal Gisco | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 40,000–100,000 soldiers and laborers[1] |
31,500–56,000 men 30,000–50,000 infantry 1,500–6,000 cavalry 30–60 war elephants Agrigentum garrison | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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15,000–30,540 dead[1] 15,000–30,000 infantry 540 cavalry |
7,200 3,000 infantry killed 200 cavalry killed 4,000 men captured 8 elephants killed 33 elephants wounded 25,000 enslaved | ||||||||
The Battle of Agrigentum (Sicily, 262 BC) was the first pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthage and the Roman Republic. The battle 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.