Despite the best Roman efforts, 1 messenger got through. Hannibal knew where his brother, Hasdrubal, was. And Nero's march to the river Metarus became a race against time. A race neither side could afford to lose, with the 2ed War in the Balance.
When battle was joined, it was desperite. The combined forces of the two Roman consuls were trapped between the Barca forces, struggling to prevent them from linking up. They did well, and thousands of Punic warriors fell on their swords. Unfortunatly for the Romans they were commanded by Marcus Livius Salinator, and the combined armies of Carthage crushed the Romans. As the red sun set, Nero drew back the tattered remnants of the once mighty roman army. Livius, and 25,000 Romans soldiers lay dead on the field, and the Pendelum swung back towards Carthage.
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