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Elephants were used in the ancient Indian army, irrespective of regions, dynasties, or points in time; their importance was never denied and continued well into the medieval period as well. The ready availability...

Elephants were thought of as fierce and frightful monsters in antiquity, very real though rarely seen until the Hellenistic period. They were deployed on the battlefield to strike terror into the enemy, however...

In the search for ever more impressive and lethal weapons to shock the enemy and bring total victory the armies of ancient Greece, Carthage, and even sometimes Rome turned to the elephant. Huge, exotic, and frightening...

An artist's rendition of a Carthaginian war elephant during the Punic Wars with Rome.

One of a pair of decorative silver phalerae (horse’s harness plagues) discovered in a grave during Russian excavations, depicting a turreted war elephant wearing a saddle cloth decorated with a hippocampus (Eastern...

An artist's impression of how Carthaginian general Hannibal may have appeared riding a war elephant.

In 1846, graduates of West Point Military Academy were deployed to fight in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Less than 20 years later, many now wearing different uniforms, they...

Silver denarius of Julius Caesar. The coin depicts an elephant stepping on a snake with the legend "CAESAR" written below. The coin may reference his victory at the Battle of Thapsus in 49 BCE, where he defeated...

Black-and-white mosaic with an elephant in the Piazzale delle Corporazioni (Square of the Corporations) at Ostia Antica, Italy. The inscription as well as the elephant show that merchants from Sabrata (Libya) traded in...

Composite bull and elephant stone sculpture at Vittala Temple, Hampi, India. Carved between 1300 - 1500 CE, this sculpture has a bull on the left and an elephant on the right with a single representation...