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 | ||