44 equitavit = galloped, careered, used of Hannibal, and, by zeugma, with flamma and Eurus.
46-47 impio tumultu = by the sacrilegious invasion (or riot, outrage), possibly with reference to Livy’s story (xxvi. 11) of the plundering of the Temple of Feronia.
48 rectos = upright, i.e. of the images supposed to have been thrown down by Hannibal, and not set on their pedestals again.
Results of the Battle. ‘The war in Italy was to all appearances finished, and it was on the Metaurus that the Romans conquered Spain.’—Ihne. When Hannibal recognised the head of his brother Hasdrubal, he foresaw the doom of Carthage:—
‘Lost, lost is all:
A nation’s hope, a nation’s name,
They died with dying Hasdrubal.’
C. (Hor. Od. IV. iv. 70-73).