Battle of Agrigentum

Battle of Agrigentum
Part of the First Punic War
Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Agrigentum (modern Agrigento)
Date 262 BC Location Agrigentum 37°19′00″N 13°35′00″E / 37.3167°N 13.5833°E / 37.3167; 13.5833 Result Roman victory Territorial changes Agrigentum captured by Rome
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Postumius Megellus Quintus Mamilius Vitulus	Hanno Hannibal Gisco
Strength
40,000–100,000 soldiers and laborers[1]	31,500–56,000 men 30,000–50,000 infantry 1,500–6,000 cavalry 30–60 war elephants Agrigentum garrison
Casualties and losses
15,000–30,540 dead[1] 15,000–30,000 infantry 540 cavalry	7,200 3,000 infantry killed 200 cavalry killed 4,000 men captured 8 elephants killed 33 elephants wounded 25,000 enslaved

The Battle of Agrigentum (Sicily, 262 BC) was the first pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between Carthage and the Roman Republic. The battle was fought after a long siege which started in 262 BC and resulted both in a Roman victory and the beginning of Roman control of Sicily.