The Second Punic War, month by month

Scrub seventeen years of war on the 218 BC map — territory, cities, commanders and the wider world from Iberia to Han China, every month from January 218 to December 201 BC.

1. I · Ad Portas — from January 218 BC: Ad Portas — the world on the eve
2. II · Italy invaded — from January 217 BC: Italy invaded — the Po valley rises for Hannibal
3. III · After Cannae — from October 216 BC: After Cannae — the great defection of the south
4. IV · High-water mark — from February 212 BC: Carthage's high-water mark
5. V · The tide turns — from August 211 BC: The tide turns
6. VI · The ring closes — from July 207 BC: Metaurus & Ilipa — the ring closes
7. VII · Africa — from June 203 BC: Africa & the new order