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before his forces as he led them to meet the Romans. He would later write that Adherbal "won great praise as the man who, by virtue of his courage and skill, restored to his fellow Carthaginians their lost reputation as a sea power."
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Encouraged by previous victories, the new consul for 250 Gaius Atilius Regulus launched a campaign to attack the last Punic strongholds on the island of Sicily:
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and Drepana. For this surprise attack, which was carried out in 249, the Romans mustered a fleet of 123
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Adherbal's conduct during the siege was documented by historians such as Polybius and
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as the Carthaginian commander-in-chief. He led the Carthaginian fleet to
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Carey, Brian Todd; Allfree, Joshua B.; Cairns, John (2007).
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Index


Punic
Greek
Carthaginian
Romans
Mediterranean Sea
First Punic War
Polybius
Battle of Drepana
Drepana
Sicily
Roman consul
P. Claudius Pulcher
Lilybaeum
quinqueremes
Hannibal the Rhodian
Carthalo
Leonardo Bruni
oratio obliqua
Huss (1985)
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Polybius


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