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Hannibal poll - Jona Lendering - 09-13-2006
The biggest and most important question of ancient military history: where did Hannibal cross the Alps?
![[Image: alps.jpg]](http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/alps.jpg)
(My personal opinion, based on Peter Connolly, can be read here, but give your own opinion first.)
Re: Hannibal poll - Eleatic Guest - 09-16-2006
Quote:The biggest and most important question of ancient military history: where did Hannibal cross the Alps?
What? Only the most important one? Que insignificante...
Have you not heard about the rival Greek school which argues that Hannibal's crossing was but a child's feat compared to Alexander's UNBELIEVABLY DARING AND EXPERT AND SUPERSEXY crossing of the Hindukush?
wink:
Re: Hannibal poll - Jona Lendering - 09-16-2006
Quote:What? Only the most important one? Que insignificante...
Yes of course! Compared to the utter insignificance of the question, the amount of ink that has been spilled about it makes this a question of peerless importance. :wink: Not even the nature of Alexander's relation to Hephaestion, an equally unimportant subject, has led to so many publications.
Re: Hannibal poll - Eleatic Guest - 09-16-2006
Ok. I will take a different approach: Is there a definite answer, now or in the future, anyway possible? Or do we have forever to speculate or resolve the question by voting?
Re: Hannibal poll - Jona Lendering - 09-16-2006
The only way to solve the problem, I think, will be archaeology. But I suppose that weapons etc. that were left behind must have been washed away by melting snow. It think that Connolly's approach is the best we have.