Naulochus
Ancient city · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.222, 15.374
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city in Sicily
History
Naulochus, Naulochos, Naulochoi, or Naulocha, was an ancient city of Magna Graecia on the north coast of Sicily, between Mylae and Cape Pelorus. It is known primarily from the great sea-fight in which Sextus Pompeius was defeated by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 36 BCE, and which was fought between Mylae and Naulochus. Pompeius himself during the battle had been encamped with his land forces at Naulochus, and after his victory, Octavian, in his turn, took up his station there, while Agrippa and Lepidus advanced to attack Messana. It is clear from its name that Naulochus was a place where there was a good roadstead or anchorage for shipping. Some have doubted its existence as a populated place, but Silius Italicus includes it in his list of Sicilian cities.