Mediterranean · Animated schematic fronts
Second Punic War
Rome and Carthage fought in Italy, Iberia and North Africa.
This west-to-east line summarises the Iberian operations, not the entire Second Punic War. Only the Ebro section refers to an agreed river boundary; western extensions and later curves connect separate footholds and campaigns. Independent Iberian communities, changing allies and Carthaginian strongholds cannot be represented by two contiguous areas. Colours therefore denote contested operational sides, not administrative borders. Rectangular closing edges may include sea and uninvolved land. Year-end dates are overview snapshots, not exact battle dates; interpolation does not reconstruct daily movements.
Starting situation in 218 BCE: the treaty of 226 BCE prohibited Carthaginian warfare north of the Ebro. The line approximately follows the river and is extended westwards; it is not a boundary of Roman administration.
- Rome
- Carthage