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Drepana | |
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| Drepana (modern-day Trapani) | |
Location of Drepana  | |
  Drepana Location of Drepana in Italy  Drepana Drepana (Sicily) | |
| Coordinates: 38°00′54″N 12°30′45″E / 38.01500°N 12.51250°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Trapani (TP) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+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 a crushing Roman defeat by the Carthaginians in 249 BC. It eventually developed into the modern Italian city of Trapani.