Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 218 BC, Insubres da Boii sun yi tawaye don tsammanin mamayewar Hannibal na Italiya a Yaƙin Punic na Biyu (218-201 BC). Sun kai hari kan Cremona da Placentia, suna tilasta mazauna garin su gudu zuwa Mutina, wanda aka kewaye shi. Lucius Manlius Vulso ya tashi daga Ariminum tare da sojoji 20,000 da kuma sojan doki 1,600. An yi masa kwanton bauna sau biyu a hanya. Ya sauƙaƙe kewaye da Mutina, amma an kewaye shi a kusa. An aika da consul Publius Cornelius Scipio don ya tallafa masa da sababbin sojoji. A halin yanzu, Hannibal ya isa Italiya. Ya ci nasara Publius Scipio a yakin Ticinus, a cikin yankin Insubre da kuma sauran consul, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, a
Yaƙin Trebia, kusa da Placentia.