Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who decided to invade the Roman republic in 218 BC. But he clearly wasn’t someone who liked to take the easy option. He decided to take his invading army not around ...

In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

Unlike the previous two wars, which involved much maneuvering and pitched battles (the Second Punic War saw the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossing the Alps) the third was mostly a siege of ...

Another more far-fetched theory floated by one user suggests the cart could be from Hannibal Barca's march through the Alps in the time of the Roman Republic. Use of the Splügen Pass dates back ...

Aircraft fighter army professional occupation Map with Hannibal's route to Rome Modern map with the route of Hannibal crossing of the Alps. The map was derived via Google maps, imported as an image in ...

This great dog’s ancestors are said to have accompanied Hannibal on his war expeditions ... Regularly seen policing the Swiss Alps, they often measure 27 inches at the shoulder and can weigh as much ...

It has however retained its heavy snowfalls and is also the easiest of the Franco-Italian alpine passes – you may well be skiing in the steps of Hannibal’s elephants ... But by 2010 the link across ...

Berlin is gearing up for the 75th Berlinale with the installation of the iconic bear logo, the symbol of the film festival, which runs from 13-23 February. In the official competition, 19 films will ...