WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -That man is the legend of Carthage–Hannibal Barca . And that winter, he embarked on one of the most audacious military feats in history–the crossing of the French Alps into Italy with a force of almost 40, 000 soldiers, 9, 000 cavalry, and, perhaps most famous of all, 37 elephants.

Detailed explanation-2: -History of elephants and Rome King Pyrrhus of Epirus brought twenty elephants to attack the Romans at the battle of Heraclea in 280 BC, leaving some fifty additional animals, on loan from Pharaoh Ptolemy II, on the mainland. The Romans were unprepared for fighting elephants, and the Epirot forces routed the Romans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Only one of the elephants survived the war, it seems. This was the elephant Hannibal himself had often ridden. Its name, according to the story, was Surus, meaning ‘’the Syrian.