Little St. Bernard
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Hannibal was 29 when he crossed the Little St. Bernard Pass in the Alps; he was 31 at Cannae and was 45 at Zama.
From Time Magazine Archive
And long before Napoleon's time, Hannibal crossed the Alps into Italy with elephants and a full baggage train, probably via the Little St. Bernard or the Mt.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 26 B. C. occurred a revolt of the Salassi, in the neighborhood of the Little St. Bernard, who had been subdued eight years before.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Polybius, our best authority, seems to indicate the Little St. Bernard.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
A writer in Smith's "Dictionary" says the account in Polybius "will be found, on the whole, to agree best with the supposition that Hannibal crossed by the Little St. Bernard."
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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