Makore gumi gare gare, Scipio Africanus akapa munus yekurangarira muIberia kuna baba vake nasekuru, vakafa muPunic Wars. Vepamusoro vasiri-vaRoma, uye pamwe vaRoma zvakare, vakazvipira sevarwi vake. Mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo dzePunic uye kukundwa kweRoma padyo nenjodzi paHondo yeCannae (216 BC) inobatanidza iyi mitambo yekutanga nechipo, kupemberera kukunda kwemauto uye kuregererwa kwechitendero kwenjodzi iyi yemauto; iyo pachayo inoita kunge inoshandira chirongwa chekuregedza mweya munguva yekutyisidzira kwekuwedzera kwemauto uye inotevera BC.
216 BC