HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Who was the Carthaginian General who led soliders and elephants across the Alps toward Rome?
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Scipio
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Fabius
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Cato
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Hannibal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Their commander Hannibal marched his troops, including cavalry and African war elephants, across a high pass in the Alps to strike at Rome itself from the north of the Italian peninsula.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hannibal lead his Carthaginian army over the Alps and into Italy to take the war directly to the Roman Republic, bypassing Roman and allied land garrisons, and Roman naval dominance.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Carthaginian general Hannibal was set on his memorable martial path at an early age. He was just six years old in 241 B.C. when Carthage-the Phoenician trading and military powerhouse in North Africa-was defeated in the First Punic War against Rome.
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