Chimwe chikonzero chinokosha chevamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika chakanga chiri kuderedzwa kukuru kweuto rehondo ravaRoma, paTrebia
uye paCannae, kuti yakatambura pamaoko emukuru weCarthaginian Hannibal panguva yekupinda kwake muItaly (218-6 BC). Asi Sidnell anotaura kuti kukundikana uku kwakanga kusingaitwi nokuti vaRoma vakanga vasina kuita zvakanaka, avo vakarwa noushingi hwavo uye kushingaira, asi nokuti vakanga vari vapfuuri zvikuru pakuverengwa kwevarwi vaHannibal uye kuti vakanga vakanyatsogadzikana pakurwisa vachibatsirwa nevarwi vake vaNumidia. Mabhiza aHannibal akanga atova nesimba (varume 6 000) ayo akaunza pamusoro pemakomo eAlps, aiva nemabhiza echiSpanish nechiedza cheNumidian, akawedzerwa nokutevera kwemadzinza mazhinji eGhallic ekuchamhembe kweItaly, ayo akapa mamwe 4 000, achiunza bhiza rake kusvika ku20% yesimba rake rose. PaCannes, vatasvi vemabhiza vechiRoma 6.000 (kusanganisira vaItaly vakabatana navo) vakatarisana navaCarthage 10 000, uye parutivi rworudyi rweRoma, vatasvi vemabhiza vechiRoma 2.400 sezvingabvira vakanga vari vashoma kupfuura 2 kuna 1 navaSpanish navaGaul vaHannibal. Ndiro rakaita kuti Roma iparadzwe paKannae, sezvo mauto eRoma aitasva mabhiza akakurirwa uye akaputsika. Mumashoko aPolybius: "Pakarepo apo bhiza reSpanish neCeltic riri parutivi rworuboshwe (rweCarthage) rakaonana neuto reRoma... kurwisana kwakavapo kwakanga kuri kwougandanga chaihwo... Apo mauto maviri aya akasangana akaburuka ndokurwa netsoka, murume nomurume. Pano vaCarthage pakupedzisira vakakunda, uye kunyange zvazvo vaRoma vakaramba noushingi hwakakomba, vazhinjisa vavo vakaurawa"... Idi rokuti vaRoma vakaburuka pabhiza rave richishandiswa kutsigira rondedzero yokuti uto revaRoma rinotasva mabhiza rakanga risina chivimbo mukutasva mabhiza aro uye chaizvoizvo rakanga richingova bedzi uto rinotasva mabhiza. Asi sezvo vatasvi vamabhiza veCarthaginian vakaburukawo, tsananguro yaLivy ndeyechokwadi zvikuru, yokuti kurwa vakatasva mabhiza kwakanga kusingabviri munzvimbo yakaganhurirwa pakati perutivi rworudyi rwechiuto cheRoma chaifamba netsoka norwizi rwaAufidus.