The Mystery of Which Route Han

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The achievements of Hannibal and his brilliant tactics paved the road for future generals to

look at his tactics and use them. Sadly, no less than seven accounts of Hannibal's

operations are said to have been written during his lifetime or very soon afterwards. Two

of them by Greeks who accompanied him on his march from Spain and two others were

Romans who fought against him. The two main historians at odd with Hannibal's route

are Polybius and Livy. Polybius was a Greek historian and wrote about Hannibal's journey

70 years after the event. Livy was a Roman historian and wrote about Hannibal's journey

120 years after the event. One of the disagreements of Hannibal's march to Rome

centered around the region of the Rhone valley. Historians have argued which route

Hannibal took as his army was headed to the Alps. I will analyze in this paper the different

accounts of the historians and the authors and I will create my own conclusion on which

The route from Cartagena to the Rhone is hardly disputed, but northwards of

Avignon there is a difference of opinions by many historians. The main point of the issue

is the place where Hannibal turned eastwards from the Rhone and began the last stage o

other triangular area of land bordering the Rhone which answers Polybius's careful

marching-rate of 22 miles a day, or therabouts, we see that four days' march from the

Theodore Dodge wrote Hannibal, and he stated it very clear that Hannibal's path

passes lead off from the left bank of the Isere, so the army would have to cross the river a

Hannibal by re-equipping his army with food and supplies. Livy spoke of the dispute

little town of Vaison-la-Romaine to survey the triangular area of land nearby which

was by the Isere. He says it can be determined with reasonable accuracy where Hannibal

Many scholars have tried to identify the Skaras with the Isere, which flows into the Rhone

river by Polybius or Livy. Livy did describe a crossing of the Durance on the march from

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