Well, well, as the result of my research (and spending) for modding, I´ve found lots of info on the First Punic War, but I´ll put only the main battles and campaigns.

Battle of Mylae
At the beginning of spring in the fifth year of the war (260 B.C.) the Roman fleet set sail for Sicily, commanded by Scipio, one of the consuls, while his colleague, Duilius, had charge of the land forces. Scipio was surprised and taken prisoner while making a rash attempt on the island of Lipara, and the command of the fleet, which was stationed at Messana, passed to Duilius. The Carthaginians wre just then engaged in plundering the coastlands not far from Messana, and being aware of this Duilius put out to sea with his whole fleet, and fell in with the enemy in the open waters off Mylae. The Carthaginian captains advanced gaily to the encounter, being full of contempt for the seamanship of the Romans and expecting an easy victory. They were, indeed, somewhat surprised by the appearance of the corvus, which were hoisted up ready for action and towered ten or twelve feet above the top of the masts, armed with iron claws. But the Carthaginians never guessed what the corvus really was, and they laughed at the slow quinqueremes used by the Romans. Yet, as ship after ship was boarded by the Roman soldiers, the Carthaginians found that they couldn´t ram the Romans down, because every ship that came near enough for ramming was inmediately boarded. Finally, the Carthaginians had to retreat from the battlefield.
The Carthaginians lost fifty ships.

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