What is Drepana?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Drepana | official_name = Drepana (modern-day [[Trapani]]) | native_name = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|38|00|54|N|12|30|45|E|region:IT-TP|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Sicily]] | province = [[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] (TP) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3 }} '''Drepana''' ({{lang-grc|Δρέπανα}}) was an [[Elymians|Elymian]], [[Carthaginian]], and [[Roman]] port in [[antiquity]] on the western coast of [[Sicily]]. It was the site of the [[Battle of Drepana]] where the Romans were defeated by the Carthaginians in 249 BC. It is now the modern [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Trapani]]. {{multistub|history|europe|geo}} [[Category:Archaeological sites in Italy]] [[Category:Settlements in Sicily]] [[Category:Province of Trapani]]