Today in history - Battle of Aegates islands (March 10, 241 BCE)Romans defeated Carthaginian fleet o
Today in history - Battle of Aegates islands (March 10, 241 BCE)Romans defeated Carthaginian fleet on the coast of Sicily and the first Punic war ended. An archaelogical research is currently going on on the battle site. Below are a couple of links.https://rear-view-mirror.com/2019/03/10/archaeology-naval-rams-and-the-battle-of-the-aegates-islands/https://www.livescience.com/64734-underwater-rome-carthage-battle-artifacts.htmlcoin: Roman, late 3rc dentury BCE https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=145668&cachesLoaded=trueSource: Münzkabinett, StaatlicheMuseen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Creator: DirkSonnenwald ; Copyright Notice;CC BY-NC-SA -- source link
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