Ecnomus Naval Campaign And Battle, 256 Bc

By André Geraque Kiffer

The Battle of Ecnomus occurred in front of the cape of the same name (currently called Poggio di Sant Angelo, Sicily). It ended in a victory of Rome. Due to the number of ships and crew employed, this battle is considered the largest naval battle in antiquity and, for some historians, one of the largest in military history. The Romans had no way of invading Africa with any certainty of navigation other than bordering the Sicilian coast to Lilibeu and then cutting to Cape Bon. Therefore, Carthage simply chose a point (s) off the Sicilian coast where its navy could block the passage of the expeditionary squadron. At the chosen historical point, Ecnomus, Hamilcar s intention was to encircle and annihilate the Roman squadron (a naval Cannae), and this plan was based on the assumption that Regulus and Mantius would maintain their strength in a compact mass. Instead, the Roman consuls “illogically” advanced and parted. In the simulation we will test what it would have been like if a Carthaginian squadron tried to engage - not fix - Roman consular squadrons (the two at the forefront wedge), another squadron delayed the approach of the Roman reinforcement (base of the wedge) while a third Carthaginian squadron attacked. to destroy Roman transports.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clube de Autores
• Release date: Feb 1, 2024

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ANDRÉ  GERAQUE  KIFFER

Ecnomus  Naval  Campaign  and

Battle,  256  BC.

A  Carthaginian  Historical

Simulation

Author’s  Edition

Resende

2019

---  Kiffer,  André  Geraque.

Ecnomus  Naval  Campaign  and  Battle,  256  BC.  A Carthaginian  Historical  Simulation.  André  Geraque  Kiffer.

Author’s  Edition,  Resende,  2019. Bibliography:  93  p.  29  im.  21  cm..

1.  History.  2.  Art  of  War.  3.  War  Science.  4.  Wargames.  I. Author.  II.  Title.

ISBN  978-85-65853-18-7

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My  story  will  be  less  certain  than  history;  but  whoever  wants to  relive  the  past  to  study  the  similarities  and  analogies between  human  conflicts  in  the  present  is  enough  for  me  to find  it  useful.  This  War  History  of  mine  is  a  definite achievement  and  not  an  ostentatious  work  for  a  current audience.

(André  Geraque  Kiffer)

4 PROLOGUE

I  was  inspired  to  build  this  work  by  reading  Arnold Toynbee's  book,  A  Study  of  History,  and  Trevor  N. Dupuy's  Future  Wars.  Between  2005  and  2007  I acquired  a  collection  of  board  wargames  in  New York,  and  reading  the  book  Wargame  Design published  by  Strategy  &  Tactics  Magazine consolidated  a  Matrix  for  A  Study  of  Military History.  Thus,  from  2008,  I  was  able  to  begin  an analysis  of  the  wars,  campaigns,  and  battles  of history  of  a  particular  time  and  /  or  civilization described  in  the  Smithsonian  Institute's  Atlas  of Military  History.  So  far  I  have  published  the  following series:  I.  Historical  Simulation  of  the  First  Empire Wars  in  2010;  VIII.  World  War  I  Historical Simulation  in  2011;  II.  Historical  Simulation  of  the Wars  in  Classical  Greece  in  2012;  III.  Historical Simulation  of  the  Roman  Wars  in  2016;  and  IV. Historical  Simulation  of  Wars  in  the  Medieval  Era  in 2018.  In  2014,  to  continue  my  work"  A  Study  of

Military  History  ,  I  read  the  book  Japanese  and

5 Chinese  Chess  -  The  Science  and  Art  of  War  and added  a  new  book  The  Study  of  Wars  and  Chess Games  to  my  planned  study,  associating  the foundations  of  chess  games  with  the  principles  of Art  and  Science  of  War.  In  each  book  of  the  work  a selected  war,  campaign,  or  battle  is  studied  at  any of  the  applicable  decision  levels,  namely  the Political,  Strategic,  Operational,  Tactical,  and Technical.  Based  on  a  summary  of  the  historical  fact I  seek  to  highlight  the  decisive  fact  (s)  causing  the negative  result  (s)  before  playing  the  simulation through  a  board  wargame  -  the  actions  on  the  other side  of  the  hill  (from  the  enemy)  are  studied through  a  parallel  electronic  war  game.  In  the simulation  all  the  possibilities  of  the  purpose  of  the study  are  completed  when  the  past  of  history  is analyzed  on  the  basis  of  present  theory  and projected  into  the  future  or  revived  as  a  what  if schematic  case.  When  we  play  we  will  follow  the maxim  WIN  ALWAYS  BUT  WITH  THE  LOWEST

POSSIBLE  COST".

6 Keywords:  History.  Art  of  War.  War  Science.

Wargames.

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CHAPTER  1  –  ECNOMUS  NAVAL  CAMPAIGN  AND BATTLE...........................................................…….8 CHAPTER  2  –  CARTHAGINIAN  NAVAL STRATEGIC  ANALYSIS………..............................24 CHAPTER  3  –  CARTHAGINIAN  NAVAL STRATEGIC  SIMULATION................................…43

REFERENCES..................................................….88

8 CHAPTER  1

ECNOMUS  NAVAL  CAMPAIGN  AND  BATTLE

For  the  reader  who  wants  to  have  an introduction  to  the  history  of  the  Wargames  and  the historical  period  of  the  Roman  Art  and  Science  of War,  we  recommend  purchasing  the  first  book  of this  Series.

Im  1:  Punic  Wars  Theater.

9 The  Punic  Wars  (from  Latin  Poeni,

Phoenicians)