The Battle of Panormus was during the First Punic War. The Roman army was led by the Lucius Caecilius Metellus against Hasdrubal of the Carthaginians. The battle was won by the Romans, who continued to keep Panormus for the rest of the war. The Romans had retreated behind the wall of Panmormus, but light soldiers were sent to take down the elephants. The elephants were confused and fled. After the elephants left, Rome hit the Carthaginian army on its flank, scattering the army. The Romans did not pursue, but caught all the elephants left, and then sacrificed them in the circus. This defeat was the end of significant Carthaginian land campaigning in Sicily.
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