July 204 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VI · The ring closes — Metaurus & Ilipa — the ring closes.
This month
- Ptolemy IV dies — A child king and a murderous regency; the empire begins to crack and its neighbours notice. (Polybius 15.25)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: In Cirta · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Operating in the region of the Massylian hills near Hippo · 2nd year
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: In Carthage · since Summer 206 BC
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Savo and the Ligurian hills · 12th month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the Bruttian redoubt · 3rd year
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Encamped at Landing in Africa · since Summer 204 BC
- Hasdrubal Barca: fell here, June 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC