June 213 BC — the Second Punic War

Chapter III · After Cannae — After Cannae — the great defection of the south.

This month

  • Philip overruns the Illyrian hinterland — With the Roman fleet elsewhere Philip takes the Parthini and Atintania and the inland towns behind the protectorate coast; only Apollonia, Epidamnus and Corcyra stay Roman. (Polybius 8.13–14; Livy 26.25)

Where the commanders stand

  • Philip V of Macedon: Operating in the region of the Illyrian hinterland · 1st month
  • Syphax: In Siga · king of the masaesyli
  • 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 · 2nd year
  • C. Claudius Nero: Operating in the region of Castra Claudiana above Suessula · 2nd year
  • Q. Fabius Maximus: Encamped at Arpi · since Summer 213 BC
  • Hannibal Barca: Operating in the region of Repulse at Nola · 3rd year
  • M. Claudius Marcellus: Besieging Syracuse · 2nd month
  • Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Operating in the region of Dertosa — the unsung salvation · 3rd year

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