The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Brancus, Gallic Chieftan ([?] - [?])

Gallic chieftan who gained power with Hannibal's help, and in turn aided the Carthaginians' journey through Gaul to the Alps. Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal%27s_Crossing_of_the_Alps Relationships: Brancus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Hannibal (247 BC-183/182 BC)

 References in Documents:
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

5. A punctual relation of Hannibal' s march out of Spain into Italy, and far more particular than that of Livy, where about he passed the River Rhodanus or Rhosne; at what place he crossed the Isura or L'isere; when he marched up toward the confluence of the Sone and the Rhone, or the place where the City Lyons was afterward built; how wisely he decided the difference between King Brancus and his Brother, at what place he passed the Alpes, what Vinegar he used, and where he obtained such quantity to break and calcine the Rocks made hot with Fire.