Editing 211 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* With the capture of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], the Romans are able to pacify all of [[Sicily]].
* The Romans [[Siege|besiege]] the [[town]] of [[Capua]] (which is allied with [[Hannibal]]). The town eventually falls to the Romans and its [[citizens]] are punished by them. The town's nobility are [[put to the sword]], its territory is [[Confiscation|confiscated]] and its municipal organisation is dissolved.
* Hannibal marches northwards on the city of Rome in a belated and unsuccessful effort to capture the city.
* Rome faces the burdens of inflation and the danger of famine, caused by the disturbed conditions in Italy and Sicily and the withdrawal of so many men from [[Famine|farming]]. The situation is only relieved by an urgent appeal by the Romans to the King of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Ptolemy IV Philopator|Ptolemy IV]], from whom grain is purchased at three times the usual price.