Battle of Naulochus

Target entity: Battle of Naulochus
Context triple: [Roman navy, significantEvent, Battle of Naulochus]

• A. Battle of Ecnomus
  The Battle of Ecnomus was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in 256 BC, often considered one of the largest naval battles of antiquity, in which Rome decisively defeated Carthage off the southern coast of Sicily.
• B. Battle of Lechaeum
  The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
• C. Battle of Opis
  The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
• D. Battle of Kleisoura Pass
  The Battle of Kleisoura Pass was a key World War II engagement in April 1941 in which German forces seized a strategic mountain pass in Greece, contributing to the rapid collapse of Greek and Allied defenses during the Balkans campaign.
• E. Battle of Mylae
  The Battle of Mylae was a pivotal 260 BC naval victory of the Roman Republic over Carthage during the First Punic War, marking Rome’s emergence as a major Mediterranean sea power.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of Naulochus
Target entity description: The Battle of Naulochus was a decisive 36 BC naval clash off the coast of Sicily in which Octavian’s admiral Agrippa destroyed Sextus Pompey’s fleet, securing control of the western Mediterranean during the Roman civil wars.

• A. Battle of Ecnomus
  The Battle of Ecnomus was a major naval engagement of the First Punic War in 256 BC, often considered one of the largest naval battles of antiquity, in which Rome decisively defeated Carthage off the southern coast of Sicily.
• B. Battle of Lechaeum
  The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
• C. Battle of Opis
  The Battle of Opis was a decisive 539 BC engagement in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Neo-Babylonian army, leading to the fall of Babylon and the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire.
• D. Battle of Kleisoura Pass
  The Battle of Kleisoura Pass was a key World War II engagement in April 1941 in which German forces seized a strategic mountain pass in Greece, contributing to the rapid collapse of Greek and Allied defenses during the Balkans campaign.
• E. Battle of Mylae
  The Battle of Mylae was a pivotal 260 BC naval victory of the Roman Republic over Carthage during the First Punic War, marking Rome’s emergence as a major Mediterranean sea power.
• F. None of above. chosen