The Treaty of Lutatius was the agreement of 241 BC between Carthage and
Rome which ended the First Punic War after 23 years. The Romans had
defeated a Carthaginian fleet attempting to lift the blockade of its
last strongholds on Sicily. Accepting defeat, the Carthaginian Senate
ordered the local commander to negotiate a peace treaty. One was rapidly
agreed, but when referred to Rome for ratification, it was rejected.
Rome then sent a commission which agreed that Carthage would cede what
it held of Sicily, relinquish several groups of islands nearby (map
pictured), release all Roman prisoners without ransom, and pay large
reparations over 10 years. In 237 BC Carthage prepared an expedition to
recover the island of Sardinia, which had been lost to rebels.
Cynically, the Romans announced that this was an act of war and that
their peace terms were the ceding of Sardinia and Corsica and the
payment of an additional indemnity; these were added to the treaty as a
codicil.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lutatius>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1813:
War of 1812: Mortally wounded, U.S. Navy captain James Lawrence
ordered his crew "Don't give up the ship!" as USS Chesapeake was
captured by HMS Shannon off the coast of Boston.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake>
1831:
British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross led the
first expedition to reach the north magnetic pole.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clark_Ross>
1974:
In an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich
introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the
Heimlich maneuver, to treat choking victims.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts>
2001:
A Hamas-affiliated Islamist terrorist blew himself up outside a
nightclub in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 people, most of whom were
teenage girls.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphinarium_discotheque_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oxishly:
(rare) In a manner like that of an ox.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxishly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"God is love," as Scripture says, and that means the revelation
is in the relationship. "God is love" means God is known devotionally,
not dogmatically. "God is love" does not clear up old mysteries; it
discloses new mystery. "God is love" is not a truth we can master; it is
only one to which we can surrender. Faith is being grasped by the power
of love.
--William Sloane Coffin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Sloane_Coffin>