Marsala (Italian: [marˈsaːla], local Sicilian: [maɪsˈsaːla]; Latin: Lilybaeum) is an Italian comune located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth largest in Sicily.

The Battle of Lilybaeum was the first clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome in 218 BC during the Second Punic War. The Carthaginians had sent 35 quinqueremes to raid Sicily, starting with Lilybaeum .

The siege of Lilybaeum lasted for nine years, from 250 to 241 BC, as the Roman army laid siege to the Carthaginian-held Sicilian city of Lilybaeum (modern Marsala) during the First Punic War. Rome and Carthage had been at war since 264 BC, fighting mostly on the island of Sicily or in the waters around it, and the Romans were slowly pushing the ...

The Battle of Lilybaeum was a naval engagement that took place during the First Punic War in 218 BC between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire. Lilybaeum (modern-day Marsala) was a strategic port city on the western coast of Sicily controlled by Carthage.

2018年3月7日 · Today's post explores the remains of the Roman city of Lilybaeum, originally founded by the Carthaginians, on the west coast of Sicily.

Lilybaeum (lĬlĬbē´əm), ancient city of Sicily, on the extreme western coast. It is the modern Marsala. It was founded (396 BC) by Carthage and became a stronghold. In the First Punic War it resisted a long Roman siege (250–242 BC). Rome finally won (241 BC) the city and used it as a base for the African campaign of Scipio Africanus Major.

The survivors founded a town on the mainland nearby that they called Lilybaion (Lilybaeum in Latin), "The town that looks at Libya", on the site of modern-day Marsala.The First Punic War began here when the Punic army landed at Lilybaion in 265/264 BCE, then marched across Sicily to Messina, where the opening clash of the war took place.[1 ...

2018年9月26日 · The First Punic War was one of the most significant conflicts in Rome’s rise to power. A lynchpin to Carthaginian control over Sicily was the city of Lilybaeum, which never fell to the Romans.

The Battle of Lilybaeum in 241 BC marked a crucial moment during the first Punic War between Rome and Carthage, fought near the city of Lilybaeum in western Sicily. Carthage, led by Hanno, aimed to defend Lilybaeum, one of its key strongholds in Sicily, while Rome sought to further weaken Carthaginian control over the island.

Lilybaeum lĭlĭbēˈəm [key], ancient city of Sicily, on the extreme western coast. It is the modern Marsala. It was founded (396 b.c.) by Carthage and became a stronghold. In the First Punic War it resisted a long Roman siege (250–242 b.c.). Rome