The elephants in Rome: history, legends and anecdotes

In this paper the problem that the findings of elephant bones raised in the past is briefly discussed: were these elephants fossil or actual? In fact not all researchers thought these elephants to be fossil. Father Pianciani counted the elephants that were imported in ancient Rome and the elephants captured to Carthaginians, to demonstrate that fossils had been discovered. The theory about the disappearance of these animals and the legends and anecdotes are also discussed