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The achievements of Hannibal and his brilliant tactics paved the road for future generals tolook at his tactics and use them. Sadly, no less than seven accounts of Hannibal'soperations are said to have been written during his lifetime or very soon afterwards. Twoof them by Greeks who accompanied him on his march from Spain and two others wereRomans who fought against him. The two main historians at odd with Hannibal's routeare Polybius and Livy. Polybius was a Greek historian and wrote about Hannibal's journey70 years after the event. Livy was a Roman historian and wrote about Hannibal's journey120 years after the event. One of the disagreements of Hannibal's march to Romecentered around the region of the Rhone valley. Historians have argued which routeHannibal took as his army was headed to the Alps. I will analyze in this paper the differentaccounts 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 ofAvignon there is a difference of opinions by many historians. The main point of the issueis the place where Hannibal turned eastwards from the Rhone and began the last stage o
On the map, one side of the triangle is the Rhone, another is formed by theAygues, and the third by the Barronies mountains. One of his main reasons why he believes this route is because in 1777,Barthelemy Daillan was digging in his cellar and found the skeleton of an elephant. Both authors, described howHannibal settled the dispute between the two brothers and how the grateful king rewardedHannibal by re-equipping his army with food and supplies. On his trip, he marched from the "Island" near Orange along theRhone through the territory of the Tricastini and continuing up the Isere where Hannibalwould make his infamous left turn to the Alps. Others believe that he turned off much farther north than this,along the valley of the Isere which enters the Rhone north of Valence. Dennis Proctor states that, Hannibal's army would have to cross the Isere and therefore themarch to the Alps would go along the right bank of the river. Livy spoke of the disputeabout the throne as "the disputes of the Allobroges". Proctor also brings up a huge point that also brings up the speculation that the"Island" was in the territory of the Allobroges or another tribe between the Rhone and theIsere. The greatest service, according to Polybius, was that Brancus promised to escortHannibal with a rearguard of his own forces on the march through the territory of theGauls called Allobroges. This also fuels speculation that the route by Isere is a good possibility because of thetribes they meet. The author Cottrell, believed with the historians who felt it was the Drome thatHannibal followed. He also says that Polybius was basicallyconfused on which river he was marching along. Hannibalsupposingly sided with Brancus and put him in power. It was nearly midway between the coast and the Isere.
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