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264 BCE - 241 BCEFirst Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome.
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260 BCEFirst Roman naval victory against Carthage off Mylae in the First Punic War.
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260 BCERome builds a fleet of 120 ships in just 60 days to fight the First Punic War.
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258 BCERome wins a naval battle against Carthage at Sulcis during the First Punic War.
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256 BCERoman naval victory against Carthage off Ecnomus during the First Punic War.
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255 BCE - 253 BCERoman fleets are wrecked by storms off Pachynus and Palinurus during the First Punic War.
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249 BCECarthage defeats Rome in a naval battle at Drepanum during the First Punic War.
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242 BCEA Roman fleet besieges the Carthaginian stronghold of Drepana on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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241 BCERoman naval victory off the Aegates Islands leads to victory over Carthage, ending the First Punic War.
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229 BCE - 228 BCERome fights Illyrian pirates. Queen Teuta pays tribute to Rome.
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67 BCEPompey assembles a naval fleet and attacks Pamphylia and Cilicia, principally to repress piracy.
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56 BCEThe navies of Rome and the Veneti Gauls clash resulting in a Roman victory. This is the first recorded naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean.
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55 BCE - 54 BCEJulius Caesar's expeditions in Britain.
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38 BCEOctavian amasses a naval fleet to defeat Sextus Pompey.
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36 BCEAgrippa defeats the naval fleet of Sextus Pompey in the battle of Naulochos.
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43 CEClaudius commences the Roman conquest of Britain.