And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
So history tells us. They don’t tell us how they fed an watered tge elephants, who eat hundreds of pounds of grass and drink dozens of gallons of water a day.
One of the huge successes of Hannibal's campaign was not that he brought elephants, rather he managed a supply for all of those in the march. Despite the various theories of his route, Hannibal did manage to retain a few elephants for battle. Numbers vary, yet not by much - he started with around 40 elephants and succeeded in only keeping a few.
That was before the Romans discovered War Pigs (not the song) https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/ancient-rome-flaming-war-pigs-used-counter-elephants/
Hannibal, smannibal....clearly that is Joe Biden and Corn Pop hitching a ride to the train station.
ReplyDeleteAre we there yet?
ReplyDeleteDid this really happen?
ReplyDeleteSo history tells us. They don’t tell us how they fed an watered tge elephants, who eat hundreds of pounds of grass and drink dozens of gallons of water a day.
DeleteRecords show that period was warmer along the Mediterranean. (Passes would have been high but not devoid of food.
DeleteI know the global warming hucksters don't like to talk about it, but there it is.
One of the huge successes of Hannibal's campaign was not that he brought elephants, rather he managed a supply for all of those in the march. Despite the various theories of his route, Hannibal did manage to retain a few elephants for battle. Numbers vary, yet not by much - he started with around 40 elephants and succeeded in only keeping a few.
DeleteI'm sure Hannibal's men carried scoped rifles. That's how they defeated the Romans in so many battles.
ReplyDeleteIf you are referring to the third fellow on the elephant at the one o'clock position, that is a bow.
DeleteThat was before the Romans discovered War Pigs (not the song)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/15/ancient-rome-flaming-war-pigs-used-counter-elephants/