Battle of Catana (397 BC)

Battle of Catana (397 BC)
Part of The Sicilian Wars
Punic Victory at Catana 397 BC. Political boundaries and path of troop movement are inexact because of lack of primary source data. Source map created by Marco Prins-Jona Lendering
Date Summer 397 BC Location Catana, Sicily Result Carthaginian victory
Belligerents
Carthage	Syracuse Sicilian Greeks
Commanders and leaders
Mago	Leptines of Syracuse
Strength
200 Triremes 300 Transports	180 ships, mostly Quinqueremes
Casualties and losses
light	100 ships sunk/captured 20,000 sailors drowned/captured

The Battle of Catana took place in the summer of 397 BC. The Greek fleet under Leptines, the brother of Dionysius I of Syracuse, engaged the Carthaginian fleet under Mago near the city of Catana in Sicily. While the Greek army under Dionysius was present near the city of Catana during the battle, the Carthaginian army under Himilco was away in the interior of Sicily, making a detour around the erupting Mount Etna. The Carthaginian fleet crushed the Greek fleet in the battle, leading to the Carthaginian siege of Syracuse later in 397 BC.