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 akayambuka Alps noushingi ndokupinda muItaly. Pamusana pekugona kwaHannibal semukuru wemauto, akaramba achirova vaRoma zvinotyisa, achibva akurumidza kukunda vaRoma kaviri muhondo yeTrebia
uye Hondo 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.