August 203 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VII · Africa — Africa & the new order.
This month
- Fabius Maximus dies — The Delayer dies in extreme old age, the year Hannibal leaves Italy; the people bury him at their own expense, a coin from every citizen. (Livy 30.26; Plutarch, Fabius 27)
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: Operating in the region of Numidia · 1st month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Dies at Carthage, July 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 · 5th year
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Operating in the region of Before the walls of Carthage · 3rd month
- Hasdrubal Barca: fell here, June 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC