As he led his troops into the mountains, Hannibal vowed: “You will have the capital of Italy, the citadel of Rome, in the hollow of your hands.” Tomas van Houtryve Chris Allen perches on a ...

The film depicts the strategic military maneuvers during the Second Punic War, focusing on the conflict between Rome and Hannibal. A Roman senator reflects on his past, where he saved his father ...

The ancient Greek essayist Plutarch used “parallel lives” to describe his collection of biographical sketches, in which he ...

For centuries, the Great St. Bernard Pass was the most popular gateway through the Alpine rampart separating southern and northern Europe. Up its tortuous trails from the Rhone valley climbed ...

When the sacred icon of Kybele was sent to Rome in 204 BC, she was greeted with jubilation from the city. During a time of ongoing conflict with the Carthaginian general Hannibal, many Romans ...

Even today it is considered one of the greatest military feats ever. In 218 BC, a Carthaginian army of ninety thousand men and three dozen elephants set out to cross the Alps to challenge the ...