May 201 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VII · Africa — Africa & the new order.
This month
- Syphax dies a prisoner at Tibur — Shortly before Scipio’s triumph; Polybius has him die at Alba, earlier, and led in the procession only in effigy. (Livy 30.45; Polybius 16.23)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: A prisoner at Tibur · since Autumn 203 BC
- Masinissa: In Cirta · king of numidia
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: died here, July 203 BC
- Mago Barca: fell here, October 203 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: died here, August 203 BC
- Hannibal Barca: In Carthage · since Autumn 202 BC
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Encamped at Peace and the name Africanus · since Autumn 202 BC
- Hasdrubal Barca: fell here, June 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC