February 212 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter IV · High-water mark — Carthage's high-water mark.
This month
- Tarentum falls by treachery — Philemenus the hunter has taught the gate-guards his nightly signal; on a winter night Hannibal’s men come in behind the boar. The city is his — the Roman garrison holds the citadel and the harbour mouth. (Polybius 8.24–34; Livy 25.8–11)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Encamped at the Massylian country · since Winter 212 BC
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Upper Baetis, from Castulo · 2nd year
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of the Upper Baetis, from Castulo · 3rd year
- C. Claudius Nero: Operating in the region of Castra Claudiana above Suessula · 2nd year
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Tarentum by treachery · 3rd month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Besieging Syracuse · 10th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Operating in the region of Dertosa — the unsung salvation · 3rd year