Post by ian990 on Jun 14, 2018 11:06:37 GMT
Spanish university students trying to retrace Hannibal’s war march through northeastern Spain found a huge buried moat with ancient objects in it. The moat may have been meant to protect the ancient Carthaginian warrior-leader’s troops who remained in Iberia. If the moat was defense works for Hannibal’s Iberian troops, it did little good: Romans defeated them after Hannibal departed in 218 BC.
Hannibal left to attack the Roman Empire in Italy with as many as 90,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. He had with his army a famous elephant brigade of 80 or so pachyderms, most of which, scholars think, perished in the harsh mountain terrain between Spain and central Italy.
Hope the below link might give you a brief explanation on the Topic
www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/2200-year-old-moat-artifacts-linked-hannibal-unearthed-spain-002637
Hannibal left to attack the Roman Empire in Italy with as many as 90,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. He had with his army a famous elephant brigade of 80 or so pachyderms, most of which, scholars think, perished in the harsh mountain terrain between Spain and central Italy.
Hope the below link might give you a brief explanation on the Topic
www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/2200-year-old-moat-artifacts-linked-hannibal-unearthed-spain-002637
