June 206 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter VI · The ring closes — Metaurus & Ilipa — the ring closes.
This month
- Syphax swallows Numidia — King Gaia dies; Masinissa, cheated of the succession, becomes a fugitive with forty horsemen. (Livy 29.29–30)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Encamped at Near Gades · since Summer 206 BC
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Encamped at Gades · since Summer 206 BC
- Mago Barca: Encamped at Gades · since Summer 206 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the Bruttian redoubt · 11th month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Encamped at the African gamble begins · since Summer 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