Seneca credited Pompey with first exhibiting the slaughter of these animals in the Circus, which, according to Cicero, led people to think that this animal “has something in common with mankind.” The Romans sometimes called these animals "Lucanian oxen," referencing their decisive use in defeated Roman forces at the Battle of Heraclea. At the Battle of Ipsus, Seleucus I Nicator defeated Antigonus I using a force of these animals that had been given to him by Chandragupta Maurya. For 10 points, name these war animals with which Hannibal crossed the Alps.
Seneca credited Pompey with first exhibiting the slaughter of these animals in the Circus, which, according to Cicero, led people to think that this animal “has something in common with mankind.” The Romans sometimes called these animals "Lucanian oxen," referencing their decisive use in defeated Roman forces at the Battle of Heraclea. At the Battle of Ipsus, Seleucus I Nicator defeated Antigonus I using a force of these animals that had been given to him by Chandragupta Maurya. For 10 points, name these war animals with which Hannibal crossed the Alps.
Seneca credited Pompey with first exhibiting the slaughter of these animals in the Circus, which, according to Cicero, led people to think that this animal “has something in common with mankind.