July 210 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Battle of Numistro — Marcellus follows Hannibal into Lucania and fights him to a standstill from dawn to dark; the Carthaginian slips away by night and Marcellus follows. (Livy 27.2)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: Operating in the region of Echinus · 2nd month
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Operating in the region of the Punic armies in Spain · 2nd 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: Operating in the region of Tarraco · 10th month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Numistro · 1st month
- Publius Cornelius Scipio: In A private citizen takes command · privatus with proconsular imperium in spain
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Encamped at Numistro · since Summer 210 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC