| Noun | 1.Aegadean Isles - a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the MediterraneanAegadean Islands, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole EgadiSicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of SicilyMediterranean, Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia | | 2.Aegadean Isles - islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BCAegates IslesPunic War - one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC |