[Pelham]

“Even the elephant was used to cross the Alps by Hannibal”

Apparently those were a small North African variety that no longer exists.

[Domestic Church]

They weren’t small....Elephas maximus!

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/elephantus.html

http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/alps.html

http://www.science20.com/rugbyologist/elephant_directed_research