Drepana 465862 135088489 2007-06-01T13:56:32Z Dysmorodrepanis 303688 dab :''For the [[moth]] [[genus]], see ''[[Drepana (moth)]]. '''Drepana''' (Latin: '''Drepanum'''; Greek: '''Drepanon''', sing., ''Drepana'', pl.), a harbour-town on the west-coast of [[Sicily]], was the site of a crushing [[Battle of Drepana|Roman defeat]] by the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]], in [[249 BC]]. The town, twenty-five miles north of [[Lilybaeum]], had been fortified by the Carthaginians, who resettled part of the population to Eryx. In 242 it was taken by C. Lutatius Catulus and used as a naval base. It never achieved the status of a [[civitas]] in Roman times. Today, the town is called [[Trapani]]. {{Ancient-Rome-stub}} [[Category:Ancient Greek cities]] [[it:Drepanon]] [[la:Drepanum]]