Battle of Tyndaris

Battle of Tyndaris

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Tyndaris


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partof=the First Punic War
date=257 BC
place=Tindaris, Sicily
result=Roman victory
combatant1=Rome
combatant2=Carthage
commander1=Marcus Atilius Regulus
commander2=Unknown
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The Battle of Tyndaris was a naval battle of the First Punic War, which 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 Marcus Atilius Regulus in command of the Roman fleet. Subsequently, the town fell to Rome and Hiero II became a faithful ally of Rome.

This naval engagement was followed by the battle of Cape Ecnomus.


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