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Hannibal's Crossing of the Alps

The audacious military maneuver marked the opening of the Second Punic War and demonstrated unprecedented logistical daring against Rome.

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Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC was one of the major events of the Second Punic War, and one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare.

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