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Carthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two major powers in the Mediterranean Sea are… ...

Some 16 years earlier, in 218 B.C., Hannibal had brought his army, including his war elephants, across the Alps and had won several battles in Italy, even while Scipio, the younger of the two, was ...

The name Marcus Valerius Laevinus doesn’t mean much to most history enthusiasts, not even to those interested in Ancient Rome, as he remains overshadowed by other contemporaries who achieved lasting ...

Scipio used Hannibal’s own tactics against him, marking the end of the Second Punic War. Hannibal’s career never recovered. Hannibal took his own life in 183 BCE to avoid capture by the Romans.

The famed Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca also used elephants in battle. Gilmanshin/Shutterstock. During the Second Punic War, the famed Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca famously took 37 ...

A research led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona discovers the remains of six dead animals burned inside a stable in the Pyrenean village of Bellver de Cerdanya 2,200 years ago.

A while ago, we dedicated an article to the long siege that the Romans subjected Lilybaeum to, the last Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily. We then pointed out that this episode, which determined ...

Famed for his incredible fifteen-day journey across the Alps, and for his great victories over the Romans at Trebbia and Cannae. Hannibal remained undefeated in battle until his raw armies were ...