naval engagement, ancient

Battle of Mylae

Name: Battle of Mylae
Location: Mylae, Italy

Battle of Mylae was a naval engagement fought in 36 BC at Mylae, in what is now Italy. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mylae. It was part of Q7970863. The recorded result: Second Triumvirate victory.

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Fought36 BC

WhereMylae, Italy38.232N, 15.242E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSecond Triumvirate victory

BelligerentsSecond TriumvirateagainstPompeians

Casualties and losses5 shipsand30 ships

Part ofQ7970863

Where it sits in Q7970863

5 placed engagements of Q7970863 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	36 BC (year precision)
Place	Mylae, Italy 38.232N, 15.242E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Casualties and losses	5 ships	30 ships
Commanders	Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa	Papias (admiral)

Placed at Mylae; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Milazzo 1860, 1.7 km S
Battle of Mylae 260 BC, 1.8 km SW
Siege of Rometta AD 963, 16 km SE
Battle of Tyndaris 257 BC, 20 km SW
Battle of Abacaenum 393 BC, 24 km SW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Tauromenium 36 BC
After: Battle of Naulochus 3 September 36 BC

Elsewhere in 36 BC

Battle of Mylae is one of 159 engagements of the 1st century BC in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2265587, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mylae (36 BC), revision 1370270285, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.