Battle of Tyndaris | |||||||
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Part of the First Punic War | |||||||
Lagoon and coast of Tindari. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rome | Carthage | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gaius Atilius Regulus | Hamilcar | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
9 ships sunk |
18 ships 8 ships sunk 10 ships captured |
The Battle of Tyndaris was a naval battle of the First Punic War that took place off Tyndaris (modern Tindari) in 257 BC. Tyndaris was a Sicilian town founded as a Greek colony in 396 BC located on the high ground overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Gulf of Patti. Hiero II, the tyrant of Syracuse, allowed Tyndaris to become a base for the Carthaginians. The battle took place in the waters between Tyndaris and the Aeolian Islands, with Gaius Atilius Regulus in command of the Roman fleet.[1] Subsequently, the town fell to Rome.