Hannibal's Odyssey : : The Environmental Background to the Alpine Invasion of Italia / / William Mahaney.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mahaney, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; PROLOGUE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; 1. Introduction --; 2. OVERVIEW OF THE PUNIC INVASION --; 3. ONSET OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR --; 4. CAMPAIGN STRATEGY --; 5. COL DU PERTHUS–THE FIRST TEST --; 6. VOLCAE–FIRST ROADBLOCK --; 7. THE “ISLAND”–NECESSARY ALLIANCE --; 8. COL DE GRÎMONE: SECOND TEST --; 9. TEST OF APPROACH ROUTES AND COL POSSIBILITIES --; 10. COMBE DE QUEYRAS --; 11. CHATEAU-QUEYRAS–UPPER GUIL RIVER --; 12. COL DE LA TRAVERSETTE–ULTIMATE TEST --; 13. UPPER PO RIVER --; 14. GEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS --; 15. MILITARY CONSIDERATIONS --; 16. CONCLUSIONS --; GLOSSARY --; MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE SECOND PUNIC WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH --; REFERENCES CITED --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463215958; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463215958
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Mahaney.

Hannibal's invasion of Italia in 218 BC is depicted from the standpoint of environmental evidence elicited from ancient texts, and analyzed against present-day Earth Science databases. The conclusion is that the Punic Army followed the southern route over the Alps; a proposal first made by Sir Gavin de Beer in the 1960's.