Source B: Peter Connolly, 1978Q5 Sources B and C were both written by experts on Roman history. Do the differences mean that one of them must be wrong?
Hannibal tried to bring 34 elephants to Italy. All but one died crossing the Alps.
Source C: Mike Corbishley, 1989
Hannibal astonished his enemies by marching to Italy across the Alps. His huge army of 40,000 men also had 37 war-elephants with them. Hannibal reached Italy with 26,000 men and 12 elephants.
[A Of course not. They could both be wrong.]
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