Editing 205 BC (section)

====Roman Republic====
* [[Scipio Africanus|Publius Cornelius Scipio]] boldly determines to disregard [[Hannibal]] in [[Italy]] and political opposition in the [[Roman Senate]] and rather decides to strike at the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] holdings in North Africa. Scipio crosses to [[Sicily]] with an army consisting partly of volunteers as the Roman Senate would not provide him with an army.
* The Roman [[propraetor]] [[Quintus Pleminius]] captures the town of [[Epizephyrian Locris]] from the Carthaginians. Hannibal's attempt to recapture the town is foiled by the appearance of Scipio's army.
* Scipio sends the Roman general [[Gaius Laelius]] to North Africa to prepare the way for his later invasion.
* A Carthaginian army under [[Mago Barca]] lands in [[Liguria]], capturing [[Genoa]] and [[Savona]].
* Hannibal erects a [[bilingual]] [[Punic]]/[[Ancient Greece|Greek]] inscription describing his accomplishments in the [[Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)|temple of Juno Lacinia]] near [[Crotone]].