The Mystery of Which Route Han

The achievements of Hannibal and his brilliant tactics paved the road for future generals to 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’…showed first 75 words of 1339 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1339 total…would bring Hannibal to the River Isere. Theodore Dodge wrote Hannibal, and he stated it very clear that Hannibal’s path was by the Isere. He says it can be determined with reasonable accuracy where Hannibal crossed the Rhone. It was nearly midway between the coast and the Isere. Dodge felt that Hannibal took the route of the Isere because there was a tribe of Gauls, the Cavares, who stood ready to oppose his passage.