To: chrisser
Guessing that the Carthaginians were blocking the Straits of Gibraltar? Perhaps the overland leg was a way to avoid a sort of naval blockade or pirates?
16 posted on
04/14/2008 2:46:41 PM PDT by
Tallguy
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To: Tallguy
"Guessing that the Carthaginians were blocking the Straits of Gibraltar? Perhaps the overland leg was a way to avoid a sort of naval blockade or pirates?" Yup. They were guarding their source of tin in the British Isles.
17 posted on
04/14/2008 3:02:23 PM PDT by
blam
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