Genius or madness? What they don’t tell you about the hell that Hannibal experienced when crossing the Alps

2024-01-15 05:28:47

Yes, the Carthaginian general put the Roman Republic in check with his army, but it is also true that he had to overcome countless hardships and lost hundreds of men and beasts along the way.

Victorious Hannibal contemplating Italy for the first time from the Alps (1770), oil on canvas by Francisco de Goya ABC

15/01/2024

Updated at 09:19 a.m.

Aníbal Barca He was a military genius capable of making Rome tremble in its chair; a true ray of war willing to do anything to ensure that Carthage became a Mediterranean power. And the phrase is not in vain. When the…

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