March 215 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter III · After Cannae — After Cannae — the great defection of the south.
This month
- Casilinum starved out — After a winter on mice and leather the garrison of the Volturnus crossing buys its lives at seven ounces of gold a man and marches to Cumae. (Livy 23.19)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Mago Barca: In Carthage · since Autumn 216 BC
- Q. Fabius Maximus: In Rome · consul (suffect)
- Hannibal Barca: Winter quarters at Capua opens its gates · 216/15
- M. Claudius Marcellus: Winter quarters at Castra Claudiana above Suessula · 216/15
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Encamped at the brothers united · since Autumn 217 BC