Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusavimbana kwakapfuurira kwakatungamirira kukudzorerwa kwehondo muHondo yechipiri yePunic apo Hannibal, nhengo yemhuri yaBarcid yavakuru veCarthage, akarwisa Saguntum, guta raiva neukama hwezvematongerwe enyika neRoma. Hannibal akabva amutsa uto muIberia uye akayambuka Alps yokuItaly nenzou kuti apinde muItaly. Muhondo yokutanga yakaitika munharaunda yeItaly paTicinus muna 218 BC Hannibal akakunda vaRoma vaitungamirirwa naScipio Mukuru muhondo duku yevarwi vaifamba nemabhiza. Kubudirira kwaHannibal kwakapfuurira nekukunda mu
Hondo yeTrebia, Hondo yeLake Trasimene, kwaakavandira uto reRoma rakanga risingazivi chinhu, uye Hondo yeCannae, mune inorangarirwa kuva rimwe remabasa makuru ounyanzvi hwemazano, uye kwechinguvana "Hannibal airatidzika kuva asingakundiki", anokwanisa kukunda mauto eRoma achida.