In context
- When
- March 10 241 BCE
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
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Dates before 15 October 1582 are in the Julian calendar, so the weekday shown follows the Julian reckoning of the time.
At a glance
Dates: From -241.
What happened
The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War.
March 10 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 241 BCERoman Republic
- 2000Dot-com bubble
- 2006NASA
- 2006Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- 2008The New York Times
- 2017Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
- 2019Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
- 20222022 Hungarian presidential election
- 2023Silicon Valley Bank
- 20242024 Portuguese legislative election
- 2026Bam Adebayo
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“Roman Republic”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/roman-republic-241-bce-march-10, accessed October 28, 2026.
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