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Battle of the Aegates

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 10, 2021 by Wehwalt (talk) 16:50, 16 February 2021 (UTC)



The Battle of the Aegates was a naval battle fought on 10 March 241 BC between the fleets of Carthage and Rome. It took place among the Aegates Islands, off the western coast of Sicily. The Carthaginians were commanded by Hanno, and the Romans were under the overall authority of Gaius Lutatius Catulus, but Quintus Valerius Falto had the battle command. It was the final battle of the 23-year-long First Punic War. The Roman army had been blockading the Carthaginians in their strongholds on the west coast of Sicily. Almost bankrupt, the Romans borrowed money to build a fleet, with which they extended the blockade to the sea. The Carthaginians assembled a larger fleet to run supplies into Sicily. It was intercepted and in a hard-fought battle the better-trained Romans defeated the undermanned and ill-trained Carthaginians. As a direct result, Carthage sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Lutatius, surrendering Sicily to Rome and paying substantial reparations.
 * Most recent similar article(s): WWII battle on 22 October; Punic War battle on 10 October.
 * Main editors: Gog the Mild
 * Promoted: 25 April 2020
 * Reasons for nomination: 2,261st anniversary of the event
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:10, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support looks good to me. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  12:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. P  anini 🥪 20:27, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support for an excellent article. I would, however, recommend a few changes to the blurb. You need a comma after intercepted (compound sentence, It was/Romans defeated). The triple compound sentence near the beginning is problematic (Carthaginians were commanded/Romans were/Falto had) I see two possible solutions. You could separate the first part (Carthaginians were commanded....) and then have a separate compound sentence with The Romans were..., but Falto had.... You could also change the last part to a dependent clause: .... and the Romans were ..., although Falto had the battle command. You might also want to change the final battle to the final conflict to avoid battle so close: battle command...final battle.Venicescapes (talk) 07:27, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support: An interesting topic and the article looks to be in good condition. Praemonitus (talk) 19:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)