Then, in what Archaeology magazine terms “one of the boldest military maneuvers in history, ” his army of 25,000 men ​ — accompanied by 37 African elephants and scores of pack animals loaded with supplies — ​ crossed the Alps into Italy.
आर्कियोलॉजी पत्रिका कहती है कि उस समय “फौजी कार्यवाही की जो उम्दा योजना बनायी गयी वह इतिहास में एक अनोखा कदम था । ”