August 209 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- The Qin empire begins to burn — Chen Sheng's conscript revolt lights the fuse; within a year every old kingdom is in arms. (Sima Qian, Shiji 48)
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 · 3rd year
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 3rd year
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 3rd year
- C. Claudius Nero: In Rome · since Summer 209 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · princeps senatus
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Tarentum lost · 3rd month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: Operating in the region of New Carthage in a day · 6th month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Operating in the region of Venusia · 4th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC