Hannibal's Lost Battlefield Discovered in Spain

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered the lost battlefield where the legendary Hannibal won his first great victory before his march on Rome.

Hannibal was the famous Carthaginian statesman and general who commanded Carthage's main army against Rome during the Second Punic War (218–201 BC), but the whereabouts of the famous battle which occurred in 220 BC, two years before Hannibal famously crossed the Alps and marched on Rome, has always perplexed archaeologists and military historians, until now.

Tracking the Legendary Lost Battlefield
Hannibal is best remembered as the Carthaginian commander who marched 40 war elephants across the Alps to crush Rome and according to a new report from Caraca-Driebes Archaeological Team , the National Museum of Roman Art and the Spanish Geological Mining Institute (IGME) details how two years prior to this the 27 year old led an army of 25,000 men, and 40 war elephants, against a 100,000-strong horde of Spanish tribesmen.

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