The fearsome 6,000 war elephants of the Nanda Army led to mutiny among Alexander the Great’s battle-weary troops.

During the Second Punic War, which lasted from 218 to 201 ... For quite some time, experts have debated over whether Hannibal used Asian or African elephants. Some have argued that Hannibal ...

For thousands of years, “war elephants” were used in combat and logistics across Asia, North Africa, and Europe. These highly intelligent creatures required specialized training and a dedicated ...

In 280 B.C., the Romans first encountered war elephants, brought to Italy by Greek ... and long-range acoustic devices, first used by U.S. forces in Iraq in 2004 and later by police against ...

But Rome’s enemies, particularly various Hellenistic kingdoms and the Carthaginians, did indeed use war elephants. So, how did they acquire and deploy them in battle – and how did the Romans ...

But those numbers dwindled to triple digits following the civil war. New ... and sometimes they use their teeth.” They may also be relying on other elephants’ inadvertent help, she says.