Siege of Lilybaeum (c. 277 BC)
| Siege of Lilybaeum | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sicilian Wars and the Pyrrhic War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Carthage |
Epirus Greek allies | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown | Pyrrhos I | ||||||||
The siege of Lilybaeum was a military operation of the Pyrrhic War in 277 or 276 BC, when an Epirote-Syracusian army led by Pyrrhus of Epirus attempted to capture the strategically important port city of Lilybaeum held by the Carthaginian Empire.