May 217 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter II · Italy invaded — Italy invaded — the Po valley rises for Hannibal.
This month
- Naval battle of the Ebro — Gnaeus Scipio surprises Hasdrubal’s fleet beached at the river mouth and takes twenty-five ships. Carthage never contests the Spanish coast again. (Polybius 3.95–96; Livy 22.19–20)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Hannibal Barca: Encamped at Through the Arno marshes · since Spring 217 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Encamped at Naval battle of the Ebro · since Spring 217 BC