Battle of Lake Tunis

Battle of Lake Tunis
Part of the Third Punic War
DateJuly 27, 149 BC
Location
Lake of Tunis, Tunisia
36°49′N 10°15′E / 36.817°N 10.250°E / 36.817; 10.250
Result Carthaginian victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Marcius Censorinus
Manius Manilius
Scipio Aemilianus		 Himilco Phameas
Strength
6,000+ troops
200+ ships		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
800 killed
135 ships		 Unknown (light)

The Battle of Lake Tunis was a series of engagements of the Third Punic War fought in 149 BC between the Carthaginians and the Roman Republic. Roman consuls Manius Manilius and Lucius Marcius Censorinus, leading separate forces, made several unsuccessful attempts to breach the walls of Carthage. Later, the Carthaginians launched fire ships, which destroyed most of the Roman fleet. Eventually Censorinus returned to Rome, leaving Manilius to continue fighting.

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