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| | Battle of Metaurus - 207 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Battle of Metaurus - 207 BC From: Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - From Marathon to Waterloo, according to Edward Sheperd Creasy Chapter IV. |
 | | ABOUT midway between Rimini and Ancona a little river falls into the Adriatic, after traversing one of those districts of Italy in which a vain attempt has lately been made to revive, after long centuries of servitude and shame, the spirit of Italian nationality and the energy of free institutions. |
 | | It is clear that, in the year 208 B.C., at least, Hasdrubal out-manoeuvred Publius Scipio, who held the command of the Roman forces in Spain, and whose object was to prevent him from passing the Pyrenees and marching upon Italy. |
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