May 207 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Siege of Placentia fails — Hasdrubal wastes the spring against the Latin colony on the Po and gives it up; the delay lets Rome read his intercepted letter to Hannibal. (Livy 27.39)
- Machanidas seizes Tegea — The Spartan tyrant pushes into Arcadia from Tegea while the Achaean army under Philopoemen reforms its phalanx; two months later they meet at Mantinea. (Polybius 11.11)
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 · 10th month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 2nd month
- C. Claudius Nero: Encamped at Grumentum · 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 · 2nd year
- Hasdrubal Barca: Encamped at Delay at Placentia · since Spring 207 BC
- M. Claudius Marcellus: fell here, June 208 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC