By crossing the Alps with his army, Hannibal had achieved the unachievable. And the crossing was, to the people of the time, the feat of a supernatural hero – a god, not a human. By crossing the ...

The famous crossing of the Alps occurred in 218 BC, a period when Carthage and Rome were competing for world dominance. Hannibal traversed the mountains, once thought uncrossable, with a force of ...