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What if some elephants from Hannibal's campaign are left behind in his withdrawal and there are enough to avoid inbreeding and become a successful variant? The POD would be not all of them dying before he had to retreat as they wouldn't be able to bring the lumbering beasts back quickly so they'd be abandoned. What affect does a European species of elephant have on Rome, and perhaps all of Europe?