Battle of Naulochus
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For other uses, see Naulochus (disambiguation).
The naval Battle of Naulochus (Italian: Battaglia di Nauloco) was fought on 3 September 36 BC between the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, Sicily. The victory of Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, marked the end of the Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
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Part of the Sicilian revolt | |||||||
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Pompeians | Octavian | ||||||
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Sextus Pompey | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | ||||||
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300 ships | 300 ships | ||||||
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28 ships sunk 17 fled the others captured | 3 ships |
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