Status Updates From Hannibal: The Military Biog...

Hannibal had the battlefield ( at Lake Trasimene) searched for the Roman commander's body to give him an honorable burial, but no one could find it. The Insubres were one of the Gallic tribes that kept their enemies' heads as trophies. It is possible that Flaminius's body was stripped of its armor and his head cut off, later to hang from the belt of the Gaul who had killed him.

...his ( Hannibal's) army had an overland route from Spain to Italy that made the cumbersome and expensive task of mounting an invasion by sea unnecessary. Moreover, the harsh terrain over which the route rambled would make it difficult for the Romans to intercept and stop his progress.

Should be done this evening with the last 11 pages