Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (TRIH ep 569, part 2)
218 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Hannibal Barca’s bold decision to invade Italy in 218 BC, focusing on motives, logistics and the famous Alpine crossing.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 218 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)
- Han open the Silk Road (130 BCE)
- Terracotta Army buried (210 BCE)