Ecnomus
War: Punic War, First


Date: 256 b.c.
Location:
Outcome: Roman naval victory

Principal
Commanders: Carthage: Hanno
Roman: Marcus Atilius Regulus

Overview: Fought B. C. 256, between 330 Roman galleys, with crews of 100,000 men, under L. Manlius Valso, and M. Attilius Regulus, and 350 Carthaginian ships under Hanno. After a hard fought battle, in which the Romans lost 24 vessels, they defeated the Carthaginians, with a loss of 30 ships sunk and 64 captured, and drove the rest of the fleet to Carthage.