July 211 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter IV · High-water mark — Carthage's high-water mark.
This month
- The fall of Capua — Hannibal’s march on Rome fails to break the siege; the starving city opens its gates. Fulvius Flaccus beheads the Campanian senators at Teanum and Cales before the senate’s letter of mercy can reach him. (Livy 26.12–16)
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 · 2nd month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 1st month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 1st month
- C. Claudius Nero: Encamped at the lines before Capua · since Spring 212 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Marching from Hannibal ad portas toward the dash at Rhegium
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Operating in the region of the fall of Syracuse · 10th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Falls at Death of Gnaeus, June 211 BC