Several scholars have asserted that Carthage deployed at least one Indian elephant in the Punic Wars, even though it is generally recognized that African forest elephants constituted the mainstay of the Carthaginian elephant corps. This article looks at the literary, numismatic and contextual evidence for Indian elephants in Carthaginian service, together with the various arguments advanced by a variety of scholars to support this view. Overall, it appears to be highly unlikely that Indian elephants were deployed in Punic service, with their provenance being particularly problematic given Carthage’s relationship with potential suppliers.Plusieurs savants ont soutenu que Carthage avait fait usage d’au moins un éléphant indien dans les guerre...
The sources underlying Vegetius’ late-antique treatment of anti-elephant defences in the Epitoma Rei...
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this art...
Roman experiences with elephants in battle, proving that these “ancient tanks” posed a threat to ene...
Several scholars have asserted that Carthage deployed at least one Indian elephant in the Punic Wars...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
The battle of Raphia, waged near Gaza between the Seleucid king Antiochus III and Ptolemy IV Philopa...
It is widely assumed by scholars that the Aksumite kingdom’s use of elephants was confined to a mili...
The presence of war elephants in the Near East between the late third and early seventh centuries, a...
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this art...
honors thesisCollege of HumanitiesHistoryWinthrop L. AdamsThis thesis studies the prominence of the ...
The Sassanian Persians used elephants on various occasions against the armies of the Later Roman Emp...
L'éléphant du Moyen Âge occidental était un animal paradoxal. Absent de la faune européenne, il appa...
In this paper the problem that the findings of elephant bones raised in the past is briefly discusse...
The sources underlying Vegetius’ late-antique treatment of anti-elephant defences in the Epitoma Rei...
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this art...
Roman experiences with elephants in battle, proving that these “ancient tanks” posed a threat to ene...
Several scholars have asserted that Carthage deployed at least one Indian elephant in the Punic Wars...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
This article, which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal's use of elephants in the Secon...
The battle of Raphia, waged near Gaza between the Seleucid king Antiochus III and Ptolemy IV Philopa...
It is widely assumed by scholars that the Aksumite kingdom’s use of elephants was confined to a mili...
The presence of war elephants in the Near East between the late third and early seventh centuries, a...
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this art...
honors thesisCollege of HumanitiesHistoryWinthrop L. AdamsThis thesis studies the prominence of the ...
The Sassanian Persians used elephants on various occasions against the armies of the Later Roman Emp...
L'éléphant du Moyen Âge occidental était un animal paradoxal. Absent de la faune européenne, il appa...
In this paper the problem that the findings of elephant bones raised in the past is briefly discusse...
The sources underlying Vegetius’ late-antique treatment of anti-elephant defences in the Epitoma Rei...
After providing some background on the domestication and use of elephants in ancient India, this art...
Roman experiences with elephants in battle, proving that these “ancient tanks” posed a threat to ene...