April 210 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Anticyra taken and enslaved — Romans and Aetolians take the Phocian port together; the town goes to Aetolia, the people to the Roman slave market — the pattern of the whole Greek war. (Livy 26.26; Polybius 9.39)
- Salapia betrayed to Marcellus — Two leading men of Salapia hand the town to Marcellus with Hannibal’s five hundred best Numidian horse inside; the loss of that squadron is felt for the rest of the war. (Livy 26.38)
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 · 11th month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 10th month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 10th month
- C. Claudius Nero: Operating in the region of Tarraco · 7th month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the dash at Rhegium · 9th month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: In A private citizen takes command · privatus with proconsular imperium in spain
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Encamped at Salapia · since Spring 210 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC