taken off by their ships. Panormus was the fourth and final set piece battle of the war. Death and afterwards As was the Carthaginian custom after a defeat, Hasdrubal was recalled to Carthage to be executed. After his success at Panormus, Metellus received a triumph in Rome on 7 September 250 BC, during which he paraded with the elephants he had captured at Panormus, who were then slaughtered in the Circus Maximus. The defeat, and especially the loss of the elephants, resulted in the Romans feeling freer to manoeuvre on the plains, and the Carthaginians no longer being willing to challenge them. Henceforth the Carthaginian approach was purely defensive. The war ended nine years later in 241 BC with a Roman victory. Notes, citations and sources Notes Citations Sources Carthaginian commanders of the First Punic War 3rd-century BC Punic people 250 BC deaths Year of birth unknown