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The Rise of Hannibal

Dan Snow's History Hit

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'Sir Hannibal's Man Management

Hannibal had successfully crossed the river ebro. He had dealt with these troubles north of the river. His next challenge was the pyrenees. We don't know very much about the actual pyrenees te themselves. And we know that he went inland to do it, so he would have had to deal with some fairly significant mountain terrain there. So i always think the crossing of the rhone is one of the most spectacular things hannibal did and it often takes second place after the alps.

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