Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Ægades

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​Ægades, or Ægates, a group of islands off the western coast of Sicily, between Trapani and Marsala, consisting of Maretimo, Levanzo, and Favignana. These islands are rendered historically famous by the great naval victory gained there by the Romans over the Carthaginians in B. C. 241, which put an end to the first Punic war

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