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The document discusses ancient accounts of African elephants being smaller than Indian elephants. It summarizes the account by Polybius of the Battle of Raphia, where African and Indian elephants first met in combat. Polybius described the Indian elephants as larger and stronger. The document argues that historians have unfairly dismissed the accounts of ancient writers like Polybius as ignorant, when they were actually knowledgeable observers who had likely seen elephants fight. It notes several ancient wr

Author

José Luis Aledo Martinez

Language

EN