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The Battle of the Bagradas River (the ancient name of the Medjerda), also known as the Battle of Tunis, was a victory by a Carthaginian army led by Xanthippus over a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus in the spring of 255 BC, nine years into the First Punic War.
Marcus Atilius Regulus (fl. 267 – 255 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. Much of his career was spent fighting the Carthaginians during the first Punic War .
The Roman fleet of 330 warships plus an unknown number of transport ships [46] sailed from Ostia, the port of Rome, in early 256 BC, commanded by the consuls for the year, Marcus Atilius Regulus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus. [47] They embarked approximately 26,000 picked legionaries from the Roman forces on Sicily.
Marcus Atilius Regulus Lucius Manlius Vulso: Hamilcar Hanno: Strength; 330 ships 138,600 [1] –140,000 crew and marines: 350 ships 147,000 [2] –150,000 crew and marines: Casualties and losses; 24 ships sunk 10,000 men killed: 30 ships sunk 64 ships captured 30,000–40,000 men killed or captured
The Carthaginians, angered by Regulus' demands, hire Xanthippus, a Spartan mercenary, to reorganize the army. The revitalised Carthaginian army, led by Xanthippus, decisively defeat the Romans in the Battle of Tunis and capture their commander Marcus Atilius Regulus. A Roman fleet, sent to rescue Regulus and his troops, is wrecked in a storm ...
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Regulus, within sight of what he took to be a thoroughly defeated Carthage, demanded harsh terms: Carthage was to hand over Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica; pay all of Rome's war expenses; pay tribute to Rome each year; be prohibited from declaring war or making peace without Roman permission; have its navy limited to a single warship; but provide ...
A Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno is defeated in an attempt to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus. 255 BC Siege of Aspis: Rome takes the city of Aspis in Africa Battle of Adys: The Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians in North Africa. Battle of Tunis