Battle of Lake Tunis

Battle of Lake Tunis
	Part of the Third Punic War
Date	July 27, 149 BC
Location	Lake of Tunis, Tunisia36°49′N 10°15′E
Result	Carthaginian victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Marcius Censorinus; Manius Manilius; Scipio Aemilianus	Himilco Phameas
Strength
6,000+ troops	unknown
Casualties and losses
500 killed; most of the Roman fleet	unknown (light)

The Battle of Lake Tunis was a series of engagements of the Third Punic War fought in 149 BC between the Carthaginians and the Roman Republic. Roman consuls Manius Manilius and Lucius Marcius Censorinus, leading separate forces, made several unsuccessful attempts to breach the walls of Carthage. Later, the Carthaginians launched fire ships, which destroyed most of the Roman fleet. Eventually Censorinus returned to Rome, leaving Manilius to continue fighting.

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