The Battle of the Metaurus is a pivotal battle in the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BCE near the Metauro River in present-day Italy.

The Carthaginians are led by Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca, who is supposed to bring the siege equipment and reinforcements needed in order for Hannibal to defeat Rome.

The Roman armies are led by the consuls Marcus Livius, who would later be nicknamed the Salinator, and Gaius Claudius Nero.Claudius Nero had just fought Hannibal in Grumentum, some hundreds of kilometers south of the Metaurus river, and reaches Marcus Livius with a forced march which goes unnoticed by both Hannibal and Hasdrubal, so that the Carthaginians suddenly find themselves outnumbered.