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  partof the First Punic War
  date 255 BC
  place Tunis
  result Carthaginian victory
  combatant1 Roman Republic
  combatant2 Carthage
  commander1 Marcus Atilius Regulus
  commander2 Xanthippus
  strength1
  strength2
  casualties1
  casualties2


The Battle of Tunis between the Roman Republic and Carthage occurred in 255 BC during the First Punic War . The battle ended in a Carthaginian victory.

Spartan general Xanthippus is credited with the Carthaginian formation, cavalry split between the two wings, mercenary infantry on their right, with a hastily raised phalanx of civilians in the centre and a line of elephants in front of the infantry, which defeated the Romans formed in their normal formation, with the outnumbered cavalry on the wings and legionary infantry in the centre.