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Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome elephants $400 DJ SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES 2023-01-05 #9
A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants $800 J ANCIENT HISTORY 2022-06-09 #8659
Horses were terrified of these war beasts, which routed Roman cavalry at the 280 B.C. Battle of Heraclea elephants DD $3,500 DJ ANCIENT BATTLES 2019-05-15 #7993
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Angkor Wat in Cambodia.) This enormous structure leads us into the inner enclosure; gates at either side are nicknamed for these creatures--the processional animals they were probably designed to accommodate elephants $800 DJ ANCIENT ANGKOR 2013-02-22 #6550
The "Lucanian cows" Pyrrhus used in his invasion of Italy were these, from Asia elephants DD $500 DJ ANCIENT ANIMALS 1999-04-20 #3377
In 280 B.C. King Pyrrhus used these animals to trample the Roman infantry, perhaps giving Hannibal ideas Elephants $400 DJ ANCIENT HISTORY 1997-06-30 #2971
Hannibal made history crossing the Alps with 50,000 men, 9000 cavalry troops & about 40 of these animals elephants $200 DJ ANCIENT TIMES 1987-02-20 #575
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