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Drepana

Coordinates: 38°00′54″N 12°30′45″E / 38.01500°N 12.51250°E / 38.01500; 12.51250
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Drepana
Drepana (modern-day Trapani)
Location of Drepana
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Drepana is located in Italy
Drepana
Drepana
Location of Drepana in Italy
Drepana is located in Sicily
Drepana
Drepana
Drepana (Sicily)
Coordinates: 38°00′54″N 12°30′45″E / 38.01500°N 12.51250°E / 38.01500; 12.51250
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceTrapani (TP)
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Drepana (Ancient Greek: Δρέπανα) was an 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 Italian city of Trapani.