🏛️ Lilybaeum-Drepanum
Roman port city ruins on Sicily's western coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Marsala, Sicily; modern name derives from Greek foundations
- Major Roman naval base and commercial port during the Punic Wars
- Siege by Roman forces in 250 BCE marked turning point in First Punic War
- Archaeological museum on-site houses artifacts from excavations
Lilybaeum-Drepanum was a strategically significant port city on the western tip of Sicily, established by the Carthaginians and ...