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===Roman Lilybaeum=== [[File:Roman baths Lilybaeum.jpg|thumb|250px|Roman baths Lilybaeum]] [[File:Town houses, Lilybaeum.jpg|thumb|250px|Town houses, Lilybaeum]] In 218 BC, in the [[Second Punic War]], the [[Battle of Lilybaeum]] was fought between the navies of Carthage and Rome when Carthage attempted a secret raid on the city to re-establish a base. [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 232 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]], the praetor at Lilybaeum, was told about the impending raid and prepared his 20 ships which managed to defeat the 50 opposing quinqueremes. In the [[Roman Republic|republican period]] the city was enriched with mansions and public buildings and dubbed ''splendidissima urbs'' by [[Marcus Tullius Cicero|Cicero]], who served as [[quaestor]] in the region between 76 and 75 BC. During the Civil Wars Lilybaeum was twice besieged, in 43 BC by [[Sextus Pompeius]] and 38 by [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)|Lepidus]] during which the walls were further strengthened as shown by an inscription. The city walls were abandoned in the 4th c. AD as shown by buildings erected over or beside the walls.
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