Adwalton Moor (Civil War)

Fought January 30, 1643, when the Parliamentarians, numbering 4,000, with a levy of armed peasants, were defeated by 10,000 Royalists under Newcastle. Fairfax, who commanded the Parliament force, succeeded in reaching Hull. The battle is also known as that of Atherton Moor. Ægin a (Third Me enian War). Fought B.C. 458, between the A then i an fleet, and that of Ægin a, aided by the Peloponnesian States. The A then i ans were victorious, capturing 70 ships, and landing they invested Ægin a, which fell into their hands after a siege of a little le than two years. Ægo spot am i (Peloponnesian War). Fought B.C. 405, between 180 A then i an triremes, under Conon, and 180 Peloponnesian ships under Lysander. The A then i an fleet was lying at Ægo spot am i, opposite Lampsacus, where Lysander was stationed. For four days in succe ion the A then i an admiral cro ed the straits, and endeavoured, but in vain, to bring on a general action. On the fifth day Lysander waited till the A then i ans had returned to their anchorage, and then, making a sudden dash acro the straits, caught them unprepared, and seized all but twenty ships, putting to death all the A then i ans who were captured. This disaster destroyed the naval power of Athens, and was soon followed by the end of the Peloponnesian War. Ægus a (First Punic War). Fought March 10, B.C. 241, between the Roman fleet of 200 quinqueremes under C. Lutatius Catulus, and a Cart hag in i an fleet under Hanno despatched to relieve the town. The action was fought in heavy weather, and the Roman sailors, being far better trained than their opponents, Catulus gained a signal victory, capturing 70 and sinking 50 of the enemy's ships. The victory ended the First Punic War.