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Departure for Sicily

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Gaius Lutatius Catulus242

Sicily · Warfare / Military

Catulus sailed for Sicily with Roman troops and a newly raised fleet to intensify pressure on the remaining Carthaginian positions on the island.

Names involved

Gaius Lutatius Catulus

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