Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hannibal ya kama babban birni na Taurini mai adawa (a yankin Turin na zamani) kuma sojojinsa sun fatattaki mahayan dawakai da sojoji masu sauƙi na Romawa a yakin Ticinus a ƙarshen Nuwamba. A sakamakon haka, yawancin ƙabilun Gallic sun goyi bayan Carthaginians, kuma sojojin Hannibal sun ƙaru zuwa fiye da maza 40,000. Hannibal ya yaudari babban rundunar Romawa zuwa yaƙi a Yaƙin Trebia
, kewaye da kuma hallaka. Romawa 10,000 ne kawai cikin mutane 42,000 suka sami hanyar tsira. Gauls yanzu sun shiga rundunar Hannibal da yawa, suna kawo shi zuwa maza 60,000. Romawa sun kafa rundunar soja a Arretium da kuma ɗaya a gabar Adriatic don hana Hannibal ci gaba zuwa tsakiyar Italiya.