Marcus Livius Salinator (254 BC-c. 204 BC), the son of Marcus (a member of the gens Livius), was a Roman consul who fought in both the Second Illyrian War and Second Punic War most notably during the Battle of the Metaurus (Metauro). GENS is Sega Genesis emulator for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP. It is considered to be one of the most compatible Genesis emulators available, meaning that most ROMs available will play on it without any problems. ... Livius (plural Livii) was the name of a gens of Ancient Rome. ... See also Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century). ... For modern diplomatic consuls, see Consulate general. ... The Second Illyrian War was a war between the Roman Empire and the Illyrians that lasted from 220 to 219 BC. Demetrius of Pharos was defeated in the First Illyrian War in 229 BC and his reign of terror and piracy in the Adriatic subsided for ten years. ... The Second Punic War was fought between Carthage and Rome from 218 to 202 BC. It was the second of three major wars fought between the Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the Roman Republic, then still confined to the Italian Peninsula. ... The Battle of the Metaurus was a pivotal battle in the ancient conflict between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BC near the Metaurus River in Italy. ...

Born in 254 BC, Livius was elected consul of the Roman Empire with Lucius Aemilius Paulus shortly before the Second Illyrian War in 219 BC. After leading a successful campaign against Illyria, he was charged with malfeasance concerning war spoils during a mission to Carthage and, upon his return to Rome was tried and found guilty.

After his removal as consul, he retired to public life until for several years until the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 210 BC. Shortly after his return to Rome, in 207 BC he was elected consul (supposedly against his wishes) with Gaius Claudius Nero. Arriving in Narnia (Narni), Livius attempted to block the advance of the Carthaginian army attempting a northern invasion of the Italian peninsula. Encountering Carthaginians near Fanum (Fano) in the spring of 207 BC, Livius, reinforced by the flying column of his colleague Nero, led the army that defeated the Carthagenians at Metaurus, killing their commander, Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal. Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC - 207 BC - 206 BC 205 BC... Gaius Claudius Nero was a Roman consul who fought in the Battle of the Metaurus. ... A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ... Hannibals feat in crossing the Alps with war elephants passed into European legend: a fresco detail, 1510, Capitoline Museum, Rome Hannibal (from Punic, literally Baal is merciful to me, 247 BC – 182 BC) was a politician, statesman and considered one of the greatest military commanders of ancient Carthage, best... Hasdrubal was the name of several Carthaginian generals, among whom the following are the most important: 1. ...

Following the Roman victory, Livius returned to Rome where he and Nero was awarded a triumph in 206 BC. Livius remained as proconsul defending Etruria (Tuscany and Umbria) between 206-205 BC and later Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy) in 204 BC until the end of the war.

Livius's second rule as consul was marred with constant quarreling with Nero particularly concerning a salt tax (which his nickname Salinator would be adopted by his descendants including Roman admiral Gaius Livius Salinator) as well as his vendetta against those responsible those responsible for the trial following the Illyria campaign continuing until his death several year later.

References

• Lazenby, J.F. Hannibal's War, London, 1978.