What is 203 BC?
{{Year nav|-203}} {{BC year in topic|203}} __NOTOC__ Year '''203 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Carthage ==== * The [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general, [[Scipio Africanus|Publius Cornelius Scipio]] makes a surprise attack on the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] camp and destroys it. He defeats the army in the [[Battle of the Great Plains]]. The [[Numidia]]n king, [[Syphax]], and the Carthaginian leader, [[Hasdrubal Gisco]], both escape. * The Roman general, [[Gaius Laelius]], and Rome's Numidian ally, [[Masinissa]], follow Syphax towards [[Cirta]], the Numidian capital. Syphax is captured and later dies in the Italian town of [[Alba Fucens]]. * Masinissa becomes king of both the Massyli and the Massaesyli tribes in Numidia. He remains a loyal ally to the Romans. * [[Hasdrubal Gisco]] gets the Carthaginians to form a new army and to send for [[Hannibal]] to return home from Italy. Hannibal finally leaves Italy and returns to Carthage. * The Carthaginian general, [[Mago Barca]], is defeated and wounded by the Romans in a battle in [[Cisalpine Gaul]]. He dies of his wounds on the return voyage to Carthage. * An agreement between Carthage and Rome is made. The Carthaginian armies accept Scipio's severe terms. But Hannibal gets the army ready for battle. == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Mago Barca]], [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general during the [[Second Punic War]] against [[Roman Republic|Rome]] who has accompanied his brother [[Hannibal]] on the invasion of [[Italy]] (b. [[243 BC]]) * [[Fabius Maximus|Fabius Maximus Cunctator]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general and statesman (b. c. [[275 BC]]) * [[Syphax]], [[Numidia]]n king allied with the Carthaginians during the Second Punic War against Rome {{commons category}} [[Category:200s BC]]