June 211 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter IV · High-water mark — Carthage's high-water mark.
This month
- Oiniadai falls to Aetolia — Under the new Roman treaty Laevinus takes Zacynthus and the Akarnanian ports of Oiniadai and Nasos and hands them to the Aetolians. (Livy 26.24)
- Gnaeus Scipio killed at Ilorci — Deserted by his Celtiberians, Gnaeus retreats to a bare hill and builds a wall of pack-saddles; twenty-nine days after his brother he dies in a burning tower or in the rout — the sources differ. (Livy 25.36)
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 · 1st month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: On the road from Ilorci to the Tagus mouth, Lusitania
- Mago Barca: Encamped at Ilorci · since Summer 211 BC
- C. Claudius Nero: Besieging Capua · 14th month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Marching from First Herdonia toward Hannibal ad portas
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Operating in the region of the fall of Syracuse · 9th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Encamped at Death of Gnaeus · since Summer 211 BC