Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed to Alps to attack ancient Rome with 37 elephants and thousands of horses. Hannibal's third century BC campaign is seen as one of the greatest military endeavors in antiquity. A team says they have found a churned up layer of soil at an Alpine pass near the French-Italian border that dates to the time of Hannibal's invasion. And they have found substantial amounts of Clostridia microbes, common to horse manure. The microbes are very stable in soil - surviving for thousands of years. 'So son what are you studying at University? Ancient horse sh-t dad."
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