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Topic: Alalia, Battle of
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Alalia, Battle of

Years: 540BCE - 535BCE

The naval Battle of Alalia takes place between 540 BCE and 535 BCE off the coast of Corsica between Greeks and the allied Etruscans and Carthaginians.

The Punic-Etruscan fleet of 120 ships is defeated by a Greek force of Phocean ships while emigrating to the western Mediterranean and the nearby colony of Alalia (now Aléria).

"He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day."

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan