sentences:  Publius Scipio himself returned to Italy to organise the defences against Hannibal's anticipated invasion.Historians disagree on the specific location of the battle site, identifying various locations starting from Bourg Saint-Andéol (De Beer, 1969, p. 122-3), Beaucaire and Fourques on the Rhône, based on different hypotheses.Polybius (3.42.1) identified the battle site as being four days march from the sea.