Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE)

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event in the First Punic War military campaign

The Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) was a major First Punic War campaign in which Roman forces crossed into Carthaginian territory, won initial victories, but ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat that halted their early attempts to end the war quickly.

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Label	Occurrences
Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) canonical	1
Roman invasion of Africa in 256 BC	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the First Punic War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Roman desire to break Carthaginian power at its source ⓘ Roman strategic decision to carry the war into Africa ⓘ
commander	Hamilcar (Carthaginian general in Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Atilius Regulus NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthippus of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictBetween	Carthaginian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	255 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Roman focus on Sicily after failure in Africa ⓘ renewed naval warfare in the First Punic War ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Adys NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cape Ecnomus NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman evacuation from Africa ⓘ Roman landing in Africa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	3rd century BCE ⓘ
involved	Roman consular army ⓘ Roman fleet ⓘ
location	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Carthaginian territory ⓘ
militaryTheater	North African theater of the First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	decisive Carthaginian counterattack under Xanthippus ⓘ initial Roman victories on African soil ⓘ large-scale Roman amphibious operation ⓘ
objective	end the First Punic War rapidly ⓘ force Carthage to surrender quickly ⓘ
opponent	Carthaginian citizen army ⓘ Carthaginian mercenary forces ⓘ
outcome	capture of Marcus Atilius Regulus ⓘ failure of early Roman attempt to end the war ⓘ heavy Roman losses in men and ships ⓘ
partOf	First Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Roman naval victory at Cape Ecnomus ⓘ
result	Carthaginian victory ⓘ Roman invasion repelled ⓘ
startTime	256 BCE ⓘ
strategicConsequence	demonstrated limits of Roman land operations in Africa at that time ⓘ encouraged Carthage to continue resistance in the First Punic War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Punic War → notableEvent → Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) ⓘ

Battle of Ecnomus → followedBy → Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman invasion of Africa in 256 BC