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https://www.europesays.com/ch/101424/ Hannibal’s Elephant Army Crosses the Alps via Col de la Traversette #Alps #BasalMetabolicRate #Carthage #ColDeLaTraversette #elephant #ElephantCorps #energy #hannibal #HannibalBarca #MetabolicRate #PunicWar #Rome #traversette #TraversetteRoute #기초대사량 #대사량 #로마 #알프스 #에너지 #카르타고 #코끼리 #코끼리부대 #트라베르세트 #트라베르세트경로 #트라베르세트고개 #포에니전쟁 #한니발 #한니발바르카
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In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.
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In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
Please buy me a coffee
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105577#pics
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In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
Please buy me a coffee
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105577#pics
©S.F.Wirth -
In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
Please buy me a coffee
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105577#pics
©S.F.Wirth -
In 218 BC, during the Second #PunicWar, general #Hannibal #Barcas #crossed the #Alps from Spain to Italy with up to 70,000 soldiers to attack on Rome. According to historical accounts, he also led 37 #warelephants. R.M.Martínez Sánchez et al. (2026) discovered a right #carpalbone of a war elephant near #Cordoba,#Spain, possibly the first scientific evidence for the Hannibal context.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
Please buy me a coffee
https://ko-fi.com/sfwirthref
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105577#pics
©S.F.Wirth -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ siege of Tunis ✧
During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC, a rebel army under Mathos (pictured) was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied and started the Mercenary War. After destroying a rebel army at the Ba...
#HamilcarBarca #MercenaryWar #PunicWar #Hannibal #Hamilcar #Wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ siege of Tunis ✧
During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC, a rebel army under Mathos (pictured) was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied and started the Mercenary War. After destroying a rebel army at the Ba...
#HamilcarBarca #MercenaryWar #PunicWar #Hannibal #Hamilcar #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tunis_(Mercenary_War) -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ siege of Tunis ✧
During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC, a rebel army under Mathos (pictured) was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied and started the Mercenary War. After destroying a rebel army at the Ba...
#HamilcarBarca #MercenaryWar #PunicWar #Hannibal #Hamilcar #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tunis_(Mercenary_War) -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ siege of Tunis ✧
During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC, a rebel army under Mathos (pictured) was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied and started the Mercenary War. After destroying a rebel army at the Ba...
#HamilcarBarca #MercenaryWar #PunicWar #Hannibal #Hamilcar #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tunis_(Mercenary_War) -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ siege of Tunis ✧
During the siege of Tunis in October 238 BC, a rebel army under Mathos (pictured) was besieged by a Carthaginian force under Hamilcar Barca and Hannibal. The Carthaginian army, which had served in Sicily during the First Punic War, mutinied and started the Mercenary War. After destroying a rebel army at the Ba...
#HamilcarBarca #MercenaryWar #PunicWar #Hannibal #Hamilcar #Wikipedia
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Hannibal? You mean the guy that crossed the #Alps with his elephants? No, the other one. Hannibal Gisco, Commander in the First #PunicWar? No, the other one. Hannibal the Rhodian? No, the other one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanniba... #ancient #history #carthage
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Hannibal (given name) - Wikipe... -
Hannibal? You mean the guy that crossed the #Alps with his elephants? No, the other one. Hannibal Gisco, Commander in the First #PunicWar? No, the other one. Hannibal the Rhodian? No, the other one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanniba... #ancient #history #carthage
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwhdf6ejpoklxaprkfh777gn/post/3ld753kpsmc2e
Hannibal (given name) - Wikipe... -
Hannibal? You mean the guy that crossed the #Alps with his elephants? No, the other one. Hannibal Gisco, Commander in the First #PunicWar? No, the other one. Hannibal the Rhodian? No, the other one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanniba... #ancient #history #carthage
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwhdf6ejpoklxaprkfh777gn/post/3ld753kpsmc2e
Hannibal (given name) - Wikipe... -
Mine too 🐓
From #HistoryOfRome podcast by #MikeDuncan
020b- The First #PunicWar
“In the great litany of #Roman superstition, consulting with the sacred chickens has always been my personal favourite”
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Mine too 🐓
From #HistoryOfRome podcast by #MikeDuncan
020b- The First #PunicWar
“In the great litany of #Roman superstition, consulting with the sacred chickens has always been my personal favourite”
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Mine too 🐓
From #HistoryOfRome podcast by #MikeDuncan
020b- The First #PunicWar
“In the great litany of #Roman superstition, consulting with the sacred chickens has always been my personal favourite”
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Mine too 🐓
From #HistoryOfRome podcast by #MikeDuncan
020b- The First #PunicWar
“In the great litany of #Roman superstition, consulting with the sacred chickens has always been my personal favourite”
