Major conflict207 BCE

Battle of the Metaurus

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Metaurus (Metauro) River, Umbria/Marche, Italy

Estimated casualties

10K – 56Kestimated dead

Carthaginian dead reported ~10,000 (Polybius) up to far higher in Livy; Roman dead ~2,000-8,000. Ancient figures diverge.

SOURCEPolybius/Livy summarized on Wikipedia

Roman consuls Livius Salinator and Claudius Nero destroyed the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Barca, Hannibal's brother, before it could reinforce him in southern Italy. Hasdrubal was killed and the strategic balance of the Second Punic War shifted decisively to Rome.

Belligerents2

Roman Republic
Carthage

ON THE MAPRoman RepublicCarthaginian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFSecond Punic War

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of the Metaurus
Livius.org (Jona Lendering)
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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