As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn ...

Mussolini decided to join the German invasion of the USSR and Italy deployed ground and air units to the theater. The air ...

Twenty of them, a mix of Indian and North African forest elephants, marched from Spain to Italy with Hannibal and his enormous army in ... veteran of the first war between Rome and Carthage, had ...

Hannibal led his Carthaginian army and 37 elephants across rocky, icy heights to invade Italy in 218 BCE. Countless blizzard-battling troops, blister-footed pilgrims, and farmers and traders ...

The film completed post-production and will be released in 2025. Under Hannibal’s lead, the Carthage forces invaded Italy and won key victories against the Romans, allowing him to occupy a majority of ...

In August 216 BC, during the Second Punic War, the Roman army fought Hannibal, the famed Carthaginian general who invaded Italy. Though 86,000 soldiers strong, the Roman army was outmaneuvered and ...

As he led his troops into the mountains, Hannibal vowed: “You will have the capital of Italy, the citadel of ... downcast troops during their brazen invasion of the Roman Republic at the start ...

They grabbed victories over Roman troops at Ticinus, Trebia, and Trasimene. Hannibal had intended to invade Italy on the fabled track used by the mythical Hercules. Nevertheless, in the way was the ...

They joined Hannibal en masse after he crossed the Alps to invade Italy in 218. But Hannibal failed to vanquish Rome and was later defeated. The Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul continued after ...

Then came his cunning stratagem that brought his army into Italy all the way from Spain. Hannibal led his troops through the Alps in 218 BCE, catching the Romans off guard. What’s more ...