Battle of Mylae

Battle of Mylae
Part of the First Punic War

J. S. Davis: Battle of Mylae in 260 BC (c. 1900)
Date260 BC
Location
Offshore Mylae, northern Sicily
38°13′00″N 15°14′00″E / 38.2167°N 15.2333°E / 38.2167; 15.2333
Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Duilius Hannibal Gisco Executed
Strength
103 ships 130 ships[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown

44 ships
10,000 men


13 ships sunk
1 septireme captured
30 quinqueremes and triremes captured
7,000 killed
3,000 captured

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]

  1. ^ Polybius, 1:23.3
  2. ^ Tacitus, The Annals 2.49