His kindly treatment of the hostages and prisoners in Hispania brought many over to his side. In 209 he drove back Hasdrubal from his position at Baecula, on the upper Guadalquivir, but was unable to hinder the Carthaginian's march to Italy. After winning over a number of chiefs from Hispania he achieved in 206 a decisive victory over the full Carthaginian levy at Ilipa (now the city of Alcala del Rio, near Hispalis, now called Seville), which resulted in the evacuation of Hispania by the Punic commanders...
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Unfortunately, Syphax later changed his mind and married Sophonisba, daughter of Hasdrubal the son of Gisgo, and fought against Massinissa and Scipio in Africa. On his return to Hispania, Scipio had to quell a mutiny which had broken out among his troops. Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal had meanwhile marched for Italy, and in 206 Scipio himself, having secured the Roman occupation of Hispania by the capture of Gades, gave up his command and returned to Rome...
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