Battle of the Egadi Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:casualties Carthaginian: 50 ships sunk, 70 captured
Roman: 30 ships lost
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Carthage
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Gaius_Lutatius_Catulus
gptkb:Hanno
gptkbp:consequence gptkb:End_of_the_First_Punic_War
Carthage sued for peace
Rome gained control of Sicily
gptkbp:date 10 March 241 BC
gptkbp:fleetSize Carthaginian fleet: about 250 ships
Roman fleet: about 200 ships
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Polybius
gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Egadi Islands
gptkbp:location gptkb:Aegadian_Islands
off the west coast of Sicily
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:First_Punic_War
gptkbp:result Roman victory
gptkbp:significance Decisive end to the First Punic War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Egadi_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5