April 206 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VI · The ring closes — Metaurus & Ilipa — the ring closes.
This month
- Battle of Ilipa — For days Scipio deploys late with legions in the centre; on the day he chooses he marches out at dawn with the legions on the wings and the Spaniards held back in the middle. Seventy thousand Carthaginians are broken; a storm saves the remnant. (Polybius 11.20–24; Livy 28.12–16)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Encamped at Ilipa · since Spring 206 BC
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Encamped at Ilipa · since Spring 206 BC
- Mago Barca: Encamped at Ilipa · since Spring 206 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the Bruttian redoubt · 9th month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Encamped at Ilipa · since Spring 206 BC
- Hasdrubal Barca: fell here, June 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC