April 207 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Battle of Grumentum — Nero pins Hannibal in Lucania while Hasdrubal descends from the Alps; a running fight before Grumentum costs the Carthaginian eight thousand and buys the consul time. (Livy 27.41–42)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Operating in the region of the Punic armies in Spain · 4th year
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of Gades · 9th month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 1st month
- C. Claudius Nero: Encamped at Venusia · since Spring 207 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Encamped at the head of Hasdrubal · since Spring 207 BC
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Operating in the region of Baecula · 12th month
- Hasdrubal Barca: Marching from A brother’s road toward Delay at Placentia
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC