June 209 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Tarentum retaken — A Bruttian officer in love with a Tarentine woman opens his stretch of wall to Fabius. The city is sacked, thirty thousand sold; the old man leaves the colossal statues, saying the Tarentines may keep their angry gods. (Livy 27.15–16)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: Encamped at Argos · since Summer 209 BC
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Operating in the region of the Punic armies in Spain · 3rd year
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 2nd year
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 2nd year
- C. Claudius Nero: In Rome · since Summer 209 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: Encamped at Tarentum · since Summer 209 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Tarentum lost · 1st month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Operating in the region of New Carthage in a day · 4th month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Operating in the region of Venusia · 2nd month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC