Battle of the Lipara Islands
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The Battle of the Lipara Islands was fought in 260 B.C. as part of the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. It was a naval engagement in which the Roman squadron under C. Cornelius Scipio was defeated. The Romans, being a land power and never building a real navy before, were no match for the Carthaginians who had roamed the Mediterranean for centuries.
Sources
Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979
