September 211 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter V · The tide turns — The tide turns.
This month
- Rome buys a second front — The Aetolian treaty turns Greece into a Roman theatre: the Aetolians get the towns, Rome the movables and the people. (Livy 26.24)
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 · 4th month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Tagus mouth, Lusitania · 3rd month
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of Gades · 3rd month
- C. Claudius Nero: In Rome · propraetor in spain
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of the dash at Rhegium · 2nd month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: In The spoils of Syracuse · proconsul in sicily
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: fell here, June 211 BC