Roman World / 218 BCE
Hannibal Crossing the Alps: Carthage's Impossible Road to Rome
In 218 BCE, Hannibal Barca led Carthage's army, cavalry, and war elephants across the Alps to strike Rome from the unthinkable road.
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323 BCE - 27 BCE. From Alexander's successors to Rome's Republican crises and Mediterranean conquest.
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