Battle of the Trebia
Videos
The Battle of the Trebia was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Sempronius Longus on 22 or 23 December 218 BC. Ea
Roman statuette of a war elephant recovered from Herculaneum
Hannibal
The bowl of a Montefortino-type helmet, which was used by Roman infantry between c. 300 BC and 100 AD. The cheek guards are missing.
Modern interpretation of a slinger from the Balearic Islands
Battle of Ticinus
Videos
The Battle of Ticinus was fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio in late November 218 BC as part of the Second Punic War. It took place in t
Eighteenth-century depiction of the battle, showing the younger Scipio rescuing his wounded father
Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander
The Trebbia today at Rivergaro, at the foot of the hills in which Scipio sought refuge from Hannibal's army