Surus was said to be the bravest of the war elephants that crossed the Alps with this Carthaginian
In his 1955 study, ''
Alps and Elephants,'' Gavin de Beer, who was director of ... For these reasons, 
commenting on the small Atlas elephants, Mr. Ager said, ''I find the idea ... all 
historians have - a coin and a story told after the Second Punic War.