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Alalia, Battle of
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).