Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 218 BC, Hannibal akapinda muItaly, ndokutanga kufamba kwake kusingachinji achidzika nepeninsula, achiunza kurasikirwa kukuru kuvaRoma muHondo yeTrebia
, uye gore rakatevera paHondo yeLake Trasimene. Hannibal paakasvika kuCampania, Calavius, uyo akanga ari mutongi mukuru weCapua, akaziva kuti vanhu vakanga vachitya zvikuru nekusvika kwemauto eCarthaginian, zvokuti vaizoda kuti guta racho risiyane, uye zvichida kuuraya sangano revakuru veCapua, iro raipikisa kuzvipira.