Spain to Italy, 218–216 BC
Hannibal Crosses the Alps
War elephants over the Pyrenees and the Alps to take on Rome.
- Stops
- 9
- Straight-line distance
- ≈ 1,969 km
- Look
- Summit
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The stops
- 1
Carthago Nova
Cartagena, Spain
Roman Theatre of Cartagena
Elephant · 378 km - 2
Ebro
Ebro crossing, Tortosa, Spain
The Ebro at Tortosa
Elephant · 268 km - 3
Pyrenees
Le Perthus pass, Pyrenees
Col du Perthus (Gustave Doré, 1862)
Elephant · 235 km - 4
Rhône
Rhône crossing near Roquemaure, France
Pont d'Avignon on the Rhône
Elephant · 196 km - 5
The Alps
Col de la Traversette, near Monviso
Monviso, Cottian Alps
Elephant · 63 km - 6
Turin
Turin (Taurasia), Italy
Mole Antonelliana, Turin
Elephant · 148 km - 7
Trebia
Battle of the Trebia, near Piacenza
Trebbia valley near Brugnello
Elephant · 283 km - 8
Lake Trasimene
Lake Trasimene, Italy
Lake Trasimeno from Tuoro
Elephant · 397 km - 9
Cannae
Cannae, Apulia, Italy
Ruins of Cannae
Photo credits
From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.
- Roman Theatre of Cartagena by amaianos · CC BY 2.0 · source
- The Ebro at Tortosa by Zarateman · CC0 · source
- Col du Perthus (Gustave Doré, 1862) by Gustave Doré · Public domain · source
- Pont d'Avignon on the Rhône by hsivonen · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Monviso, Cottian Alps by Gianluigi Buttarelli · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Mole Antonelliana, Turin by Simone Graziano Panetto · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Trebbia valley near Brugnello by Giorgio Galeotti · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Lake Trasimeno from Tuoro by Andreas Wahra · Public domain · source
- Ruins of Cannae by Vondenusk · CC BY 4.0 · source
