Battle of Alalia
Ancient naval battle in the eastern Strait of Bonifacio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The naval Battle of Alalia took place between 540 BC and 535 BC off the coast of Corsica between Greeks and the allied Etruscans and Carthaginians. A Greek force of 60 Phocaean ships defeated a Punic-Etruscan fleet of 120 ships while emigrating to the western Mediterranean and the nearby colony of Alalia (now Aléria).
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Battle of Alalia | |||||||||
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Map of the Tyrrhenian Sea surrounded by Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians | |||||||||
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The Greek Phocaean Colonies of Alalia |
Carthage Etruscans | ||||||||
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60 Pentekonters | Around 120 Ships | ||||||||
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Almost 40 Pentekonters | Unknown |
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For other uses of "Alalia", see Alalia (disambiguation).