July 203 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VII · Africa — Africa & the new order.
This month
- Hasdrubal Gisco takes poison — Blamed for the Great Plains and condemned by the mob — so Appian; Livy is silent. (Appian, Punica 24; 38)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: A prisoner at Scipio’s camp · since Summer 203 BC
- Masinissa: Encamped at Tunis · since Summer 203 BC
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: In Carthage · since Spring 203 BC
- Mago Barca: Encamped at the Ligurian coast · since Summer 203 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the Bruttian redoubt · 4th year
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Operating in the region of Before the walls of Carthage · 2nd month
- Hasdrubal Barca: fell here, June 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC