Carthaginian General Crosses the Alps With Elephants, Arrives With Fewer Elephants
Carthaginian General Crosses the Alps With Elephants, Arrives With Fewer Elephants – The Alps, 218 BC: Hannibal Barca marches an army, cavalry and a herd of war elephants over the mountains to attack Rome, an approach that military planners describe as bold and the elephants describe as unfair