The Battle of Ecnomis

The romans built a massive fleet of 330 ships, 250 ships of war and 80 troop transports to ferry the standard ground legions into africa. The carthaginians knew they didn't necessarily have to win the battle to end the threat of invasion. They simply had to sink the helpless transport vessels. At the end of the day, the roman fleet was still essentially intact. Next week, the romans will encounter a carthaginian army revitalized under the brilliant command of a hired spartan general named xanthippus. Despite his brilliant generalship, thoughrome will come a hair's breadth away from ending the war, but in over inflated ego, will blow