English noun: Aegates Isles | |||
1. | Aegates Isles (act) islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC | ||
Synonyms | Aegadean Isles | ||
Instance hypernym | naval battle | ||
Part meronym | Punic War | ||