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Re:Cockatoo identified in 13th Century European book by baldfat on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @12:57PM (#17402228)
Hannibal? He fought the Romans in Spain and then took the elephants over the Italian Alps and attacks Rome from the North. That is the greatest military feat for me.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/apr/03/where-muck-h...

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Re:Cockatoo identified in 13th Century European book by _Codemonkeyism on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @01:01PM (#17402253)
Yes the Romans had elephant idea probably from Hannibal, the article references the Punic wars.
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