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Noun: Aegates Isles
  1. 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
    - Aegadian Islands, Aegadean Isles

Type of: naval battle

Part of: Punic War

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