Comment on Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephantsparentComments−ArchelaosOP7moQuite unlikely. For an army on the move, especially one that had to cover such a long distance, a considerable portion of the troops was assigned to procure provisions anyway.Bret C. Devereaux has written a series of three blog posts on the topic of pre-modern army logistics that explains that in detail. See: https://acoup.blog/2022/07/15/collections-logistics-how-did-...−lukan7moAnything in particular in there, that says rather wait for a mountain pass to become unpassable, than leave some meat behind?(I don't claim this is what happened, I claim a army sometimes has other needs and might have already all the food it can carry)
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Quite unlikely. For an army on the move, especially one that had to cover such a long distance, a considerable portion of the troops was assigned to procure provisions anyway.
Bret C. Devereaux has written a series of three blog posts on the topic of pre-modern army logistics that explains that in detail. See: https://acoup.blog/2022/07/15/collections-logistics-how-did-...
Anything in particular in there, that says rather wait for a mountain pass to become unpassable, than leave some meat behind?
(I don't claim this is what happened, I claim a army sometimes has other needs and might have already all the food it can carry)