Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hannibal ya kama babban birni na Taurini mai adawa (a yankin Turin na zamani) kuma sojojinsa sun kori mahayan dawakai da sojojin dakarun 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. Wani babban rundunar sojojin Romawa ya jawo Hannibal cikin yaƙi a
Yaƙin Trebia, kewaye da 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.