Battle of the Metaurus

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battle military conflict

The Battle of the Metaurus was a decisive engagement of the Second Punic War in 207 BC, where Roman forces defeated and killed Hasdrubal Barca, crippling Carthage’s campaign in Italy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of the Metaurus River	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Metaurus River
belligerent	Carthage ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
CarthaginianCommander	Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
casualty	death of Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
combatant	Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
commander	Gaius Claudius Nero ⓘ Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ Marcus Livius Salinator ⓘ
conflictOf	Second Punic War ⓘ
date	207 BC ⓘ
decisiveFor	Roman dominance in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
era	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
followedBy	Roman consolidation of control in Italy ⓘ
geographicalContext	central Italy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ
involvedForce	Carthaginian army from Iberia ⓘ Roman legion ⓘ surface form: Roman legions
location	Italy ⓘ Umbria NERFINISHED ⓘ near the Metaurus River ⓘ
notableEvent	Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ surface form: Hasdrubal Barca was killed in the battle
opponentOf	Hannibal's crossing of the Alps ⓘ surface form: Hannibal’s Italian campaign
opposingCommander	Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
outcome	decisive Roman victory ⓘ
partOf	Second Punic War ⓘ
politicalEffect	boosted Roman morale after earlier defeats in the Second Punic War ⓘ weakened Carthaginian bargaining position with Rome ⓘ
precededBy	Hasdrubal Barca’s march from Iberia into Italy ⓘ
primarySource	Livy ⓘ Polybius ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ
river	Metaurus River ⓘ
RomanCommander	Gaius Claudius Nero ⓘ Marcus Livius Salinator ⓘ
significance	ended the Carthaginian attempt to reinforce Hannibal in Italy ⓘ turned the strategic initiative decisively in favor of Rome in the Second Punic War ⓘ
strategicEffect	crippled Carthaginian operations in Italy ⓘ prevented junction of Hasdrubal Barca with Hannibal ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	pitched battle ⓘ
year	207 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Metaurus → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Metaurus River

Hasdrubal Barca → diedIn → Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ

Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → notableBattle → Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal

Hasdrubal Barca → notableBattle → Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ

Second Punic War → notableEvent → Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ