July 212 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter IV · High-water mark — Carthage's high-water mark.
This month
- Battle of the Silarus — The centurion Centenius, granted an army by the senate, leads sixteen thousand irregulars against Hannibal in Lucania and loses fifteen thousand of them. (Livy 25.19)
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 · 2nd 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 · 3rd month
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · since Summer 213 BC
- Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Tarentum by treachery · 8th month
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Besieging Syracuse · 15th month
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Operating in the region of Saguntum avenged · 2nd month