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HANNIBAL’S ROUTE ACROSS THE ALPS

HANNIBAL’S ROUTE ACROSS THE ALPS

January 13, 2023

Rome and Carthage engaged in three Punic wars. Punic, a late variety of Phoenician, is a language that is used to refer to Carthage or the Carthaginians. Hannibal's route across the alps during the second Punic war is probably the most remembered. But, for a long time, these two major powers in t...

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