September 218 BC — the Second Punic War
Chapter I · Ad Portas — Ad Portas — the world on the eve.
This month
- P. Scipio lands at Massalia — The consul races to the Rhône — and finds Hannibal already three days gone upstream. (Polybius 3.41; Livy 21.26)
Where the commanders stand
- Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
- Hannibal Barca: Encamped at Crossing of the Rhône · since Autumn 218 BC
- Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Encamped at Landing at Emporiae · since Autumn 218 BC