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Echetla
Echetla
was a
town
in
ancient Sicily
located between
Carthaginian
and
Syracusan
territory
during the
First Punic War
. In
263 BC
The Roman
consul
Appius Claudius Caudex
unsuccessfully
laid
siege
to Echetla but was
forced
to
withdraw
to
Messana
after
suffering
many
losses
.
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