Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Nzira iyi inotora zita rayo kubva kuna Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, mutongi weRepublic yeRoma akapiwa basa rekukunda mukuru weCarthage Hannibal kumaodzanyemba kweItaly panguva yeHondo yechipiri yePunic (218<unk>201 BC). Pakutanga kwehondo, Hannibal akashinga kuyambuka Alps
uye vakapinda muItaly. Pamusana pehunyanzvi hwaHannibal semukuru wemauto, akaramba achingorova vaRoma zvinotyisa - achikurumidza kukunda vaRoma paHondo yeTrebia neHondo yeLake Trasimene. Pashure pengwavaira idzi, vaRoma vakagadza Fabius Maximus somudzvinyiriri. Fabius Maximus akabva atanga hondo yokurwisana, yairwiwa nokurwisana nguva dzose, ichideredza mano evaCarthage okuwana zvokudya.