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Hiking with Hannibal.

This article focuses on the route of Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca through the Alps Mountain range of France. In 218 B.C, Hannibal marched some 25,000 men, 37 elephants, and scores of pack animals over a narrow pass in the mountain range. Stanford University archaeologist Patrick Hunt is retra...

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Published in:Archaeology Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 36 - 42
Main Author: Boser, Ulrich
Format: Article
Published: Archaeological Institute of America Jan/Feb2007
Subjects:
Mountain passes
Barca, Hannibal
Hunt, Patrick
Prevas, John
Alpine regions
France
Alps
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost