['< sod > due to the [ [ ancient rome | roman ] ] focus on infantry and its discipline, war elephants were rarely used, while the romans did adopt them, retain and use them occasionally after the punic wars, especially during the conquest of greece, they fell out of use by the turbulent time of claudius, afterwhich they were generally used for the purpose of demoralizing enemies stand alone. unlike most states that employed their use, but there is no evidence that they were used to haul combat supplies. < eod > < sod > due to the [ [ ancient rome | roman ] ] special focus on infantry and its discipline, war elephants were rarely effectively used. while the romans did eventually adopt them, and used them occasionally after the the [ [ punic wars ] ], especially during the conquest of greece, they fell out of use by the time of [ [ claudius ] ], after which they were generally usually used for the purpose of demoralizing enemies instead of being used for tactical purposes. unlike most states that employed their specific use, there is no evidence that the romans used elephants to haul supplies. < eod >']