Dr. Eve MacDonald

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The Ancients · The First Punic War · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

They know

That it's very difficult for them to defend the countryside there.

And so the Romans gather near Agrigento, and um the Carthaginian fleet comes over lands at Lilibaeum and then makes its way around the south coast from the west.

So we have the Romans coming from the east and the Carthaginians coming from the west along the south coast of Sicily.

happens?

They meet in this epic battle.

I mean

Supposedly, now it's only if we were really truly believe the numbers.

And of course, we know that's always a little bit tricky to do.

But they supposedly this is the largest sea battle ever fought in terms of marine sailors, ships, and everything else, bigger than anything else that has ever happened since.

I don't know if that's actually true or not, but even if we reduce

Down the numbers to something practical.

We're still talking about 100,000 or something of soldiers and sailors and marines and everything else.

But the Romans are loaded up for an invasion.

So they have ships with horses on them.

They have troops and supplies.

So they don't just have naval vessels for fighting military and naval battles.

But they have they have supply ships too.

So it's huge.

It's a massive battle.

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