Events Tagged: "elephant"

Battle of Vindalium - Rome defeats Arverni King Bituitus despite his war elephants, secures wine trade route through Provincia

Claudius invades Britain - four legions under Aulus Plautius land at Richborough, Claudius arrives with elephants, Camulodunum (Colchester) becomes first capital

Pliny records Ethiopian dragons - describes 20-cubit dragons that attack elephants, strangle them with coils (Natural History)

Embassy to Harun al-Rashid - Charlemagne sends delegation to Abbasid Caliph, alliance against Byzantium

Elephant arrives at Aachen - Abul-Abbas, gift from Harun al-Rashid, only elephant in Europe, dies in 810