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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✧ 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...

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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”

https://overcast.fm/+aLSXMuMLg/13:37