04-05-2016, 10:17 PM
Sounds like a pile of horseshit to me. 
Evidently, the author (Chis Allen) went back in time to interview one of the horses in Hannibal's entourage. And obviously the elephants took a different route. No elephant pucky.
These conclusions were drawn on the assumption that Hannibal's army was the only historical entity to ride horses through the Alpine passes. Romano-Italian hunting parties evidently walked through the pass or they used donkeys... which leave smaller clusters of poo... not so detectible.
And micro-biology is certainly a good reason to toss out Livy's history. While we're at it, let's dump Herodotus, Tacitus, Pliny, and Ammianus... all those "fantasy" writers.
Evidently, the author (Chis Allen) went back in time to interview one of the horses in Hannibal's entourage. And obviously the elephants took a different route. No elephant pucky.
These conclusions were drawn on the assumption that Hannibal's army was the only historical entity to ride horses through the Alpine passes. Romano-Italian hunting parties evidently walked through the pass or they used donkeys... which leave smaller clusters of poo... not so detectible.
And micro-biology is certainly a good reason to toss out Livy's history. While we're at it, let's dump Herodotus, Tacitus, Pliny, and Ammianus... all those "fantasy" writers.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
