You mean, the glaciers had receeded this far before? And it wasn't due to man-made global warming?
Surely, this must be a practical joke. Notify St. AlGore immediately!
The glaciers, according to the new hypothesis, have shrunk down to almost nothing at least ten times since the last ice age 10,000 years ago. "At the time of the Roman Empire, for example, the glacier tongue was about 300 meters higher than today," says Joerin. Indeed, Hannibal probably never saw a single big chunk of ice when he was crossing the Alps with his army.