After the crossing of the Alps, Hannibal reached an alliance with the Boii and Insubres of the Po vally. Thes Celtic tribes joined his forces and offered him a base in Northern Italy and manpower.
Having battled their deadly rivals the Romans in Spain, in 218BC the Carthaginian army made a move that no one expected. Their commander Hannibal marched his troops, including cavalry and African war elephants, across a high pass in the Alps to strike at Rome itself from the north of the Italian peninsula. It was one […]