Chadwell, a former BenitoLink reporter who considers himself a history buff and whose background is in screenplay writing, said he relied on AI for inspiration and research. He experimented on how the ...

Ghost elephants are “refugees in their own homelands, moving in secret between small patches of habitat,” the Elephant Crisis ...

For the historical Scipio, as for Hannibal, we are tightly constrained by our sources. Books 21-30 of Livy’s history of Rome cover the Second Punic War, and survive complete in a tradition reaching ...

We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...

Ashoka leads Hannibal’s elephant corps through skirmishes and trials over the Alps and into Italy during the Second Punic War (218–201 BCE). Once the elephants die, brought down by wounds or ...

The name Annone referred to the Carthaginian general who in the First Punic War opposed fighting against Rome. Therefore, according to Martínez-Brocal, “it was a poetic way of presenting ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm amazed Rome. Pope Francis watches as performers put on a show at his ...

Hannibal famously used elephants during the Second Punic War to cross the Alps and invade Italy in 218 BC. These elephants, although few survived the harsh conditions, struck fear into the Roman ...

Hannibal, the Carthaginians and war elephants The Romans next faced off against the growing Carthaginian threat coming from north Africa in the Punic Wars. The Carthaginians had no ready access to ...