 Approximately 2,000 Romans retreated to Aspis; 500, including Regulus, were captured; the rest were killed.Xanthippus, fearful of the envy of the Carthaginian generals he had outdone, took his pay and returned to Greece.The Romans sent a fleet to evacuate their survivors and in the Battle of Cape Hermaeum off Africa, the Carthaginians were heavily defeated, losing 114 ships captured.