Radiocarbon dating secured dates of 2168 BP or c. 218 BC, the year of Hannibal's march. Mahaney et al. have concluded that this and other evidence strongly supports the Col de la Traversette as being the "Hannibalic Route" as had been argued by Gavin de Beer in 1954. De Beer was one of only three interpreters—the others being John Lazenby and Jakob Seibert—to have visited all the Alpine high passes and presented a view on which was most plausible. Both De Beer and Seibert had selected the Col de la Traversette as the one most closely matching the ancient descriptions.de Beer, S. G., 1974, Hannibal: The struggle for power in the Mediterranean, Book Club Associates, London.
radiocarbon dating secured dates of 2168 bp or c 218 bc the year of hannibal's march mahaney et al have concluded that this and other evidence strongly supports the col de la traversette as being the "hannibalic route" as had been argued by gavin de beer in 1954 de beer was one of only three interpreters—the others being john lazenby and jakob seibert—to have visited all the alpine high passes and presented a view on which was most plausible both de beer and seibert had selected the col de la traversette as the one most closely matching the ancient descriptionsde beer s g 1974 hannibal the struggle for power in the mediterranean book club associates london