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Hannibal's Route Across the Alps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

J. E. T. Brown
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One should perhaps apologize for reopening the question of Hannibal's route over the Alps after the publication of Sir Gavin de Beer's recent book. It is, however, a perennially fascinating problem, and some of de Beer's points are not entirely satisfactory, though I accept his main conclusion. The cruces of the argument, as I see them, are: (1) the crossing of the Rhone; (2) the position of the Island; (3) the river Isaras/Skaras; (4) the two passes, the first where Hannibal was attacked by the Allobroges from the front, and the second the main Alpine pass into Italy; (5) the attack in the gorge by local tribesmen on his approach to the main pass; (6) did Hannibal cross the Durance?

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Research Article
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Greece & Rome , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 1963 , pp. 38 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1963

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