Cape Ecnomus

256 BC Strategic Context The First Punic War begins in 264 BC as Carthaginian and Roman armies become involved in a war in Sicily after Mamertines of Messana appeals to both Carthage and Rome for assistance against Hiero II of Syracuse The Romans largely expel the Carthaginians from Sicily by defeating them at the Siege of Agrigentum in 262 BC Surprisingly the inexperienced Roman navy then defeats Carthage at the Battle of Mylae in 260 BC allowing Rome to invade Corsica and Sardinia islands north of Sicily In 256 BC a Roman fleet under Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus sails from Sicily to invade North Africa but it is intercepted by a Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar

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