October 202 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VII · Africa — Africa & the new order.
This month
- ZAMA — After the parley fails the elephants charge and are let through Scipio’s lanes; the veterans of Italy fight the legions to a standstill until Masinissa and Laelius return from the pursuit and take them in the rear. Hannibal rides for Hadrumetum. (Polybius 15.9–16; Livy 30.32–35)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: A prisoner at Tibur · since Autumn 203 BC
- Masinissa: Encamped at Zama · since Autumn 202 BC
- 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: Encamped at Zama · since Autumn 202 BC
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Encamped at Zama · 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