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206 BC
206 BC
With reinforcements from Italy and with major efforts from the Dynatoi,Palaioi and Neoi companies, a massive army of fifty five thousands troops marched from Massalia to Emporion. Hannibal after hearing the news and thus heavily outnumbered, decided to move back to Iberia and fill up his ranks with new recruits. After arriving in Iberia, and for the rest of this year, he fought a successful guerrilla campaign against the League forces thus earning time for his army regroup.
Ptolemaic Empire
With reinforcements from Italy and with major efforts from the Dynatoi,Palaioi and Neoi companies, a massive army of fifty five thousands troops marched from Massalia to Emporion. Hannibal after hearing the news and thus heavily outnumbered, decided to move back to Iberia and fill up his ranks with new recruits. After arriving in Iberia, and for the rest of this year, he fought a successful guerrilla campaign against the League forces thus earning time for his army regroup.
- In a battle North-East of Tagus, the Lussitani and Vettones tribes are defeated by the Dynatoi company general Anaxagorix(Gaul/Greek). The Trinovantes mercenaries once more made quite an impression in the battle.
- In a small naval battle the League fleet sunk several Carthaginian ships.
Ptolemaic Empire
- Ptolemy III dies of old age and is succeeded by his son Ptolemy IV. Ptolemy IV immediately ordered his ministers to make serious preparations to invaded and take back Syria from Antiochus III.
- With a mixed army of Bosporus Greeks,Scythian mercenaries/allies and Pergamon allies, Eumelos II led an expedition North/West of his kingdom to deal with the aggressive Scythian tribes that raided his kingdom the previous years.
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