Metaurus, battle of

Abstract

On June 22, 207 bce, the retreating army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal s brother, was intercepted in northeastern Italy by the consuls Livius Salinator and Claudius Nero at the Metaurus River (near Fano). \n \n \nKeywords: \n \nmilitary history; \nRoman history; \nviolence; \nwar