... and loose their footing on the icy ledges. The countermeasures Hannibal had to employ to keep the tribes at bay caused huge amounts of casualties. The march was delayed while a landslide had to be cleared to allow them passage, and the hardened ice from the previous year's snow combined with the currently occurring fall created terrible conditions for walking ... the army of Scipio, who had rushed to the Po river to protect the recently founded Roman colonies of Placentia and Cremona. ~The Initial Victories~ In spite of this, the first battles which Hannibal conducted have earned him fam...

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