June 212 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter IV · High-water mark — Carthage's high-water mark.
This month
- Saguntum avenged and restored — The Scipios retake the city whose fall began the war, restore the surviving Saguntines and sell the Turdetani who had provoked their ruin. (Livy 24.42)
- Philip takes Lissus on the Adriatic — Philip stages a feigned retreat, storms the citadel of Akrolissos and receives the surrender of Lissus — the one Roman-protected port that falls to Macedon and stays fallen. (Polybius 8.13–14)
- The Kingdom of Tylis destroyed — The Celtic kingdom on the Black Sea vanishes in a Thracian rising; the date is the traditional one. (Polybius 4.46)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: Encamped at Lissus · since Summer 212 BC
- Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
- Masinissa: Operating in the region of the Upper Baetis, from Castulo · 1st month
- Hasdrubal son of Gisco: Operating in the region of the Upper Baetis, from Castulo · 3rd year
- Mago Barca: Operating in the region of the Upper Baetis, from Castulo · 3rd year
- C. Claudius Nero: Besieging Capua · 2nd month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Tarentum by treachery · 7th month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Besieging Syracuse · 14th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Operating in the region of Saguntum avenged · 1st month