Battle of Tyndaris

Battle of Tyndaris
Part of the First Punic War
Lagoon and coast of Tindari.
Date 257 BC Location Tindaris (modern Tindari), Sicily 38°8′44″N 15°2′23″E / 38.14556°N 15.03972°E / 38.14556; 15.03972 Result Roman victory
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.