Hannibal and his war elephants crossing the Alps Charles Reuben Ryley 21st February 1974

21st February 1974

Victorian representation of a jousting match between David de Lindsay

To the right of the image two women are lifting baskets full of vegetables while a man sits on a basket

Satire on the national debt

Plate 12 from The History of the Nations

Hannibal and his war elephants crossing the Alps Charles Reuben Ryley 21st February 1974Hannibal and his war elephants crossing the Alps, 218 BC (19th century). During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal led his army, including elephants, across the Alps into northern Italy to confront the Roman army. He defeated the Romans in three battles, the Trebia (218 BC), Lake Trasimene (217 BC) and most decisively at Cannae (216 BC).