Others lost their footing and drowned in the river; those who managed to cross successfully were met by the Carthaginian infantry and its squadron of war elephants. Despite the element of surprise ...

After the Roman Republic beat Carthage in the First Punic War ... heartland of Italy through the Alps with about 38 thousand infantry, eight thousand cavalry and 37 elephants.

The two infantry formations then fought into the ... which was facing pressure from Carthage. After three years of fighting, he dislodged all but one Carthaginian city, but could never take ...

and occasionally saluted by a discharge from the rifles of our infantry. Arriving at Carthage, Col. SIEGEL found it in possession of the enemy; a secession flag, waving from the top of the court ...

The Carthaginian general Hannibal was set on ... Hannibal himself, with the pick of the infantry, brought up the rear, keeping his eyes open and alert for every contingency.” ...

Amazing what you can learn from horse manure. In 218 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca led an army of more than 30,000 men, 15,000 horses and mules and – famously – about 40 ...

In 146 BC, as the Romans conquered the vast Carthaginian Empire in North Africa, thousands of people fled their homeland. Now, science is suggesting some may have taken refuge thousands of miles ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests they were more closely related to Greeks. By Franz Lidz The Phoenicians ...

Amazing what you can learn from horse manure. In 218 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca led an army of more than 30,000 men, 15,000 horses and mules and – famously – about 40 ...