Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metaurus_river

1 sense of metaurus river

Sense 1
Metaurus River -- (a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)