Metauro

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The Metauro (in Latin Metaurus or Mataurus) is a river of Italy. It rises in the Apennine Mountains and runs east for 109 km, reaching the Adriatic Sea south of Fano.

Two battles were fought on the banks of Metauro in ancient times.

1. in 207 BC, Hasdrubal Barca, while marching to the aid of Hannibal, 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. The exact site of the battle is uncertain; tradition places it between Fossombrone and the Furlo Pass, but it is probable that it occurred nearer the Adriatic coast;
2. in 271, Roman Emperor Aurelian defeated in the battle of Fano, fought near the river, the Alamanni, who had invaded the northern part of Italia the previous year.

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