HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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attacking their shipping routes.
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launching an amphibious assault on Sicily.
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marching his army from Spain to Italy over the Alps.
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blockading Italy with the Carthaginian navy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most obvious route for Hannibal to have taken through the Alps is called the Col du Clapier, known in antiquity as the Way of Hercules, historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald, a lecturer in ancient history at Cardiff University in the U.K., told Live Science.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hannibal, one of history’s most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30, 000 troops, 15, 000 horses and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hannibal invaded Italy by crossing the Alps with North African war elephants. In his first few years in Italy, he won a succession of victories at the Battle of the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae, inflicting heavy losses on the Romans.