Ka cika wannan magana: Wannan shi ne lokaci na farko da Hasdrubal ya bayyana a cikin tarihi. Majalisar dattijai ta Carthaginian ta nada shi a matsayin janar, tare da Bostar, don magance wannan barazanar. Sun dauki umurnin rundunar da ke da karfi a cikin doki da giwaye kuma wani janar na uku, Hamilcar, kwamandan Carthaginian a Sicily, wanda aka tuna tare da sojoji 5,000 da mahayan dawakai 500. Ba a san yawan adadin sojojin ba, amma an bayar da rahoton cewa yana da kusan girman girman sojojin Romawa da kuma 'yan watanni daga baya, a
Yaƙin Tunis, Carthaginians sun yi amfani da giwaye 100, mahayan dawakai 4,000 da sojoji 12,000; na biyun zai haɗa da miliyoyin 'yan ƙasa. Hasdrubal na iya kasancewa mafi tsufa na janar-janar uku na Carthaginian kamar yadda aka ruwaito shi ne ya yanke shawarar fitar da rundunarsu don adawa da Regulus.