The Mystery of Which Route Han

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

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On the map, one side of the triangle is the Rhone, another is formed by the

Aygues, 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 how

Hannibal settled the dispute between the two brothers and how the grateful king rewarded

Hannibal by re-equipping his army with food and supplies. On his trip, he marched from the “Island” near Orange along the

Rhone through the territory of the Tricastini and continuing up the Isere where Hannibal

would 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 the

march to the Alps would go along the right bank of the river. Livy spoke of the dispute

about 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 the

Isere. The greatest service, according to Polybius, was that Brancus promised to escort

Hannibal with a rearguard of his own forces on the march through the territory of the

Gauls called Allobroges. This also fuels speculation that the route by Isere is a good possibility because of the

tribes they meet.

The author Cottrell, believed with the historians who felt it was the Drome that

Hannibal followed. He also says that Polybius was basically

confused on which river he was marching along. Hannibal

supposingly sided with Brancus and put him in power. It was nearly midway between the coast and the Isere.

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