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Siege of Aspis

Part of the First Punic War

Date	Early 255 BC
Location	Aspis 36°51′N 11°6′E / 36.850°N 11.100°E / 36.850; 11.100
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Marcus Atilius Regulus

Unknown

v t e First Punic War
Treaties Messana Agrigentum 1st Mytistratus Lipari Islands Mylae Thermae 2nd Mytistratus Sulci Tyndaris Cape Ecnomus Aspis Adys Bagradas (Tunis) Cape Hermaeum Panormus Lilybaeum Drepana Phintias Drepana (siege) 1st Mt Eryx 2nd Mt Eryx Aegates Islands Treaty of Lutatius

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 War.