Drepana
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Drepana (
Carthaginian, and Roman port in antiquity on the western coast of Sicily. It was the site of a crushing Roman defeat by the Carthaginians in 249 BC. It eventually developed into the modern Italian city of Trapani
.
Name
Drepana received its name from drépanon (δρέπανον), the
Latinized
as Drepanum before being pluralized to its present form.
History
The town was founded by the
G. Lutatius Catulus.[2]
and later used as a naval base.
The town features in the Aeneid as the site of the death and funeral games of Anchises.[1]
Battle of the Aegates
and Carthage's loss of the war, the town was ceded to Roman control in 241 BC.
It never achieved the status of a civitas in Roman times.
See also
References
- ^ a b Smith, William, ed. (1878). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol.1. London: John Murray. p. 788. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved Aug 27, 2018.
- ISBN 0-415-22458-6. Archivedfrom the original on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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