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Ancient Warfare Podcast

How did Hannibal supply his troops in the Alps and Italy?

Ancient Warfare Podcast

The History Network

Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

4.4631 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In our last episode before a short hiatus for Christmas, Jasper tackles this question on Hannibal’s logistics that was sent in by Anne one of the Patrons of the podcast.

Patreon:
patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Ancient Warfare Answers Episode 181.

0:04.3

And my name is Jasper Orthaus.

0:05.7

I'm the editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine.

0:07.6

And today I'm all by myself.

0:09.8

Murray is sunning himself on the beach somewhere north of Sydney.

0:14.7

He tells me, and though his connection is good enough to send us encouraging messages,

0:20.7

it's not good enough to have a conversation.

0:23.1

So you'll have to do it with me today.

0:26.3

Quick note, yesterday, if you're a subscriber to the Ancient Warfare podcast,

0:31.2

you may have accidentally had an episode of Wargames, Soldiers, and Strategy magazine in your ears.

0:37.2

That was an accidental mistake in the feed, though if you're a wargamer, you might find

0:43.6

that interesting anyway.

0:45.1

And you might have been notified of another podcast that I take part of, take part in, as does

0:53.3

Angus, who records this,

0:55.2

and some other people from Wargame Soldiers and Strategy Magazine.

0:59.3

If you're interested, WSS Magazine.com.

1:02.1

But now, the question is from patron Ann.

1:06.1

So support the podcast on patreon.com slash ancient warfare podcast.

1:11.8

Anne wants to know about the logistics in the Second Punic War,

1:17.7

and more specifically, she wants to know what do we know about how Hannibal supplied

1:22.6

his troops during his campaign, particularly through the Alps,

1:25.9

with elephants, exclamation mark.

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