Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nguva pfupi mushure mekutanga kweHondo yechipiri yePunic, Hannibal akayambuka muItaly kuburikidza nePyrenees neAlps munguva yezhizha uye kutanga kwematsutso e218 BC. Akakurumidza kukunda vaRoma zvikuru paTrebia
uye paLake Trasimene. Pashure pokurasikirwa uku, vaRoma vakagadza Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus somudzvinyiriri kuti agadzirise tyisidziro yacho. Fabius akashandisa hondo yokunetesa Hannibal, achigura nzira dzake dzokupa zvokudya uye achidzivisa hondo dzakakomba. Nzira idzi dzakaratidza kuva dzisingafarirwi navaRoma avo, sezvavakapora kubva mukushamiswa kwokukunda kwaHannibal, vakatanga kusava nechokwadi nouchenjeri hwezano raFabian, iro rakanga rapa hondo yeCarthage mukana wokuunganidzazve. VaRoma vazhinjisa vakanga vachidisa kuona mhedziso inokurumidza kuhondo. Kwakanga kune rutyo rwokuti, kana Hannibal akapfuurira kupamba Italy asina chinomudzivisa, vavakidzani veRoma vaigona kutsaukira kurutivi rweCarthage nokuda kwokuzvidzivirira.