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	Metauro River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Metauro River (in Latin Metaurus or Mataurus) of Italy rises in the Apennine Mountains of Tuscany and runs east for 109 km, reaching the Adriatic south of Fano.
		On its banks Hasdrubal, while marching to the aid of Hannibal in 207 BC, was defeated and slain by a Roman army led by the consuls Marcus Livius Salinator and Gaius Claudius Nero.
		The Battle of the Metaurus was the decisive battle of the Second Punic War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metaurus (153 words)

	Metaurus 207 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Metaurus 207 BC Battle of Metaurus (207 BC)
		The combined Roman force met Hasdrubal at the River Metaurus on the Adriatic south of Ariminum.Nero's plan for a surprise attack in force was thwarted when Hasdrubal's scouts reported that the trumpets had sounded twice that morning at the consul's tent.
		His left wing rested on the river Metaurus along a stretch that was too deep to cross.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /metaurus-207bc.htm (352 words)

	War
		In response, he crossed the Rubicon River, thus entering Rome proper and waged war against Pompey.
		Rubicon River 49 BC Ilerda 49 BC Utica 49 BC Bagradas River 49 BC Illyria 49 BC Dyrrachium 48 BC Pharsalus 48 BC Alexandria 47 BC Zela 47 BC Ruspina 46 BC Thapsus 46 BC Munda 45 BC Caesar assassinated 44 BC.
		Magdeburg 1630-1 Frankfurt on the Oder 1631 Werben (Havelberg) 1631 Leipzig 1631 Breitenfeld 1631 Rain 1632 Furth (Alte Veste) 1632 Leck River 1632 Lutzen 1632 Nordlingen 1634 French Phase: 1634-48 A mainly political war.
	mwooge.homestead.com /War.html (1261 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 15
		Rome began to be alarmed, as she saw the territory of her rival extending toward the north.
		Without delay he pushed on to the river Rhone; outflanked the barbarians, who were trying to oppose his passage; and crossed the river above, just as the Roman army (which had expected to meet him in Spain) had reached Massilia (Marseilles).
		On the Roman right, near the river, were two thousand of the Roman cavalry, and on the left wing were four thousand cavalry of the allies.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey15.html (3482 words)

	HISTORY'S BATTLES - ANIMATED
		Metaurus 207 BC Marcus Livius Salinator and Caius Claudius Nero
		His attempt to withdraw from the Romans is thwarted by his inability to find a crossing point on the Metaurus River.
		The Battle of Metaurus is probably the most critical battle of the war and one the most critical battles in the history of the Western World.
	www.geocities.com /i_s_s_alpha/Battle_Animations.htm (2449 words)

	The Punic Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hasdrubal duplicated his big brother's accomplishments: he gave the Romans in Spain the slip, crossed the Pyrenees, crossed the Rhone River, crossed the Alps (with elephants).
		But Hasdrubal was forced to battle at the Metaurus River, and the Romans won a resounding victory there.
		The Metaurus River was the last significant battle in Italy of the Second Punic War.
	history.boisestate.edu /westciv/punicwar/12.shtml (290 words)

	Battle of Metaurus, 22 June 207 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Battle of Metaurus, 22 June 207 BC Metaurus, battle of, 22 June 207 BC Battle of the Second Punic War which defeated a second Carthaginian invasion of Italy from Spain, led by Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal.
		The Romans gave chase, and caught up with Hasdrubal just as he was forming up a camp near the River Metaurus.
		The battle was fiercly fought, and remained even until Nero took a force from his wing and marched it around the Carthaginian flank before rejoining the battle from the rear, triggering a Carthaginian collapse.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_metaurus.html (219 words)

	Rome vs. Carthage: The Day the World Trembled
		The course of civilization was determined on the banks of the Metaurus River in 207 BC, when brilliant Roman and Carthaginian generals fought the perfect battle.
		Just such a battle was fought on the swollen banks of Italy’s Metaurus River, on a warm, muggy day in late spring, 207 BC.
		Considered as a military exploit and given its consequences for civilization, the Battle of the Metaurus River remains to this day unequaled.
	www.hench.net /RomeCart.htm (4266 words)

	Metaurus River & Hasdrubal - www.ezboard.com
		In this months Military History magazine, there is a description of the battle at the Metaurus River in the Punic Wars, where the two consular armies 'ambush' Hasdrubal.
		There are a few facts about the Metaurus river battle worthy of mention.
		The first one is that before that battle Hasdrubal was on the other side of the Alps and that --like his brother Hannibal-- he managed to slip through and surprise the Romans one more time.
	p200.ezboard.com /fromanarmytalkfrm17.showMessage?topicID=112.topic (874 words)

	Battle of Metaurus River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		First, Nero, with all the cavalry, came up; then Porcius, with the light infantry.
		While they harassed his wearied army by frequent assaults on every side, and while the Carthaginian, now stopping his march, or rather flight, had a mind to encamp on a high spot of ground, on the bank of the river, Livius arrived with the main body of infantry armed, and marshalled for immediate action.
		When the Romans had united all their forces, and the line was draw out in array, Claudius took the command of the right wing, Livius of the left; that of the center was given to the praetor.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /metaurus-text.htm (787 words)

	FirstWindow: Metauro River
		Italian �Fiume Metauro, �also called �Metro, �Latin �Metaurus, � river, Marche region, central Italy, rising in the Etruscan Apennines (Appennino Tosco-Emiliano) and flowing for 68 mi (109 km) east-northeast into the Adriatic Sea just south of Fano.
		The lower valley of the river (the ancient Metaurus) was the scene of a great Roman victory over the Carthaginians in 207 BC, when the consuls Marcus Livius Salinator and Claudius Nero defeated and slew
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	firstwindow.blogspot.com /2004/08/metauro-river.html (84 words)

	Untitled Document
		Overview: The course of civilization was determined on the banks of the Metaurus River in 207 BC, when brilliant Roman and Carthaginian generals fought the perfect battle.
		During the night, Hasdrubal silently retreated northward toward the Metaurus River, which he had previously crossed on his march into Italy.
		The unexpected barrier of an uncrossable river threw the Punic forces into disorder and confusion.
	www.newandamazing.com /history1.htm (4243 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sant' Angelo in Vado and Urbania
		Diocese; S. Angelo in Vado is a city in the Marches, on the site of the ancient "Tifernum Metaurense", a town of the Umbrian Senones, near the River Metaurus, believed to have been destroyed by the Goths.
		Later there arose a new burg called, from the Church of S. Michele, Sant' Angelo in Vado, which in 1635 became a city and an episcopal see.
		Urbania is situated on the River Candiano near S. Angelo, on the site of the ancient Aleria, considerable ruins of which still remain.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13459b.htm (327 words)

	Pyrrhic victory main page
		In each pool, all players will meet there 5 opponents 2 times : one as King Pyrrhus, one as Roman.
		The map is the one chose for the scenario (Short River for Heraclea, Benventum for Benventum, and Metaurus river for Ausculum).
		As soon as we have the results for these three pools, the two best ones of each pools will fight the others in a pool of six in order to had the great winner.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /eric.renou/Four%20kingdom%20campaign/Pyrrhic%20victory%20main%20page.htm (212 words)

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