May 210 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Fall of Agrigentum — Muttines, the Libyphoenician cavalry commander slighted by Hanno, opens a gate to Laevinus. The last Carthaginian army in Sicily is caught inside; the island is Roman. (Livy 26.40)
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 · 12th month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 11th month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 11th month
- C. Claudius Nero: Operating in the region of Tarraco · 8th month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Marching from the dash at Rhegium toward Second Herdonia
- 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