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

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