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Battle of Tyndaris
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| Battle of Tyndaris | |||||||
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| Part of the First Punic War | |||||||
 Lagoon and coast of Tindari. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rome | Carthage | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gaius Atilius Regulus | Hamilcar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 9 ships sunk |
18 ships 8 ships sunk 10 ships captured | ||||||
The Battle of Tyndaris was a naval battle of the First Punic War that 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 Gaius Atilius Regulus in command of the Roman fleet.[1] Subsequently, the town fell to Rome.
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