The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found skeletal remains linking the animals to the conflict ...
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How Hannibal humiliated Rome on its own soil
The Second Punic War was Rome’s most dangerous crisis, as Hannibal Barca invaded Italy and inflicted some of the worst defeats in Roman history. By crossing the Alps and destroying Roman armies at ...
HANNIBAL: Rome’s Greatest Enemy. By Philip Freeman. Pegasus. 240 pages. $27.95. Hannibal Barca was an anomaly of the ancient world. A supreme strategist and tactician, he also was notable for forging ...
For centuries, Hannibal's elephants were legend - now a rare bone found in Spain may offer real proof.
Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...
A scene from Hannibal vs Rome, which shows truth can be stranger than fiction If ever there was testimony to the homely that the truth is stranger than fiction, the story of Carthaginian General ...
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