Editing 241 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Aegates]]: The [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] fleet sent to relieve the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] blockade of the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] cities of [[Lilybaeum]] and [[Drepanum]] is totally defeated near the [[Battle of Aegates Islands|Aegates Islands]] off western Sicily by the Roman fleet led by [[Roman consul]] and commander [[Gaius Lutatius Catulus]]. The result is a decisive Roman victory which forces an end to the protracted [[First Punic War]], to Rome's distinct advantage.
* The Romans capture Sicily<ref>{{cite book | page=23 | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | place=Baltimore | year=1988 | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | title=The Ancient Roman City | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>
* The Carthaginians under [[Hamilcar Barca]] are forced to accept severe peace terms and agree to evacuate Sicily. As part of [[Treaty of Lutatius|the treaty with Rome]], Carthage agrees to abandon all its claims on Sicily, to refrain from sailing her warships in Italian waters and to pay an indemnity of 3,200 [[Talent (weight)|talents]]. However, the Carthaginian army is allowed to return home with its arms. Rome is now the dominant power in the Western [[Mediterranean]] basin.
*The [[Falisci]] people of [[Falerii Veteres]] revolt against Rome, but is crushed in six days. Falerii Veteres is destroyed and the people resettled to the less defensible [[Falerii Novi]].