June 23 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius
F C | IX Kal. | VI.769-770, the anniversary of Hasdrubal's death during the Second Punic War.
Postera lux melior: superat Masinissa Syphacem,
et cecidit telis Hasdrubal ipse suis. 770
769 The next day is luckier: on it Masinissa defeated Syphax,1 and Hasdrubal fell by his own sword2.
1
Hasdrubal, son of Gisco, and Syphax were defeated by Masinissa and Scipio, 203 B.C.
2
Hasdrubal, brother of Hannibal, fell fighting at the Metaurus, 207 B.C.; perhaps this refers to the son of Cisco, who took poison after the defeat of Syphax.