October 218 BC — the Second Punic War

Chapter I · Ad Portas — Ad Portas — the world on the eve.

This month

  • Battle of Cissa — Gnaeus Scipio lands at Emporion and beats Hanno, the general Hannibal left north of the Ebro; the Ilergete chief Indibilis is taken. Rome has a foothold in Spain within weeks of Hannibal leaving it. (Polybius 3.76; Livy 21.60)

Where the commanders stand

  • Philip V of Macedon: In Pella · king of macedon
  • Hannibal Barca: Encamped at Ambush in the gorges · since Autumn 218 BC
  • Publius & Gnaeus Scipio: Winter quarters at Battle of Cissa · 218/17

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