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569. Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2)

From The Rest Is History

Published 5/28/2025

The Rest Is History - 569. Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2) | Podventory

Why did Hannibal choose to cross the Alps with his elephants in 218 BC, when invading Rome? Was it a brilliant stratagem or a military disaster? What was the secret to the Roman Republic’s growing military success at this time? And, why did Carthage, under Hannibal’s formidable generalship, believe…

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