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