The Battle of Alali

The carthaginians and the etruscans linked up to create a fleet of around a hundred and 20 penticontes, which were sea vessels containing 50 oarsmen each. The aim for thea lied fleet was to prevent the faucaan greeks from reaching alalia and setali. In what would be known as the battle of alali, the facaan greeks had driven the allies away, but they lost two thirds of their own fleet in the process. No longer did they have the numbers to be able to set up a defendable colony on the island of corsica. It would actually be the defeated etruscANS who would