Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome. Read Full Transcript EXPAND ♪♪ -218 B ...

Tom and Dominic charge into one of the most legendary military clashes of all time: the outbreak of the Second Punic War.

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

The audacious trek across the Alps occurred during the second Punic War, which lasted from 218 B.C. to 201 B.C. However, Hannibal’s exact route across the Alps has been hotly debated by historians.

How did Hannibal's war elephants cross the Alps? Hannibal was determined to get his whole army - men and animals - across the treacherous path through the Alps. But how did he handle 37 elephants ...

The legend of Carthaginian general Hannibal —famed for leading some 30,000 soldiers and 37 elephants across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War —had to start somewhere.

The bold Carthaginian general led infantry, cavalry, and 37 elephants across the Italian mountains to face off against the Romans. And now, thanks to science, we know which way he chose to cross.

Solid evidence in the form of ancient dung microbes, has led microbiologists to believe that Hannibal's crossing of the Alps occurred in the Col de la Traversette pass between France and Italy.

That was Hoyte's headline-grabbing, 1959 trek over the French Alps with an elephant to explore where Hannibal might have crossed more than 2,000 years earlier with an army and elephants to attack ...

The route taken by Hannibal and his army – including some 40 elephants – across Rome’s “impassable” Alpine border has been revealed by the dung they left behind, say scientists.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April 4 (UPI) --The crossing of the Alps and invasion of the Roman Empire by Hannibal and his army during the Second Punic War is considered by historians to be one of ...