Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nhetembo yacho inotanga nokukurukura kutsamwa kwaJuno neRoma pamusana pokubata kwaAeneas Dido uye unhu hwaHannibal nokurerwa kwake. Hannibal anorwisa Saguntum uye anogamuchira nhume yeRoma. Mubhuku 2, nhume dzeRoma dzinonzwika muCarthage, asi Hannibal anotora guta pashure pokunge vadziviriri vacho vazviuraya noushingi. VaCarthage vanonyorwa, Hannibal anoyambuka Alps, uye Jupiter anozivisa kuti Hondo yePunic muedzo woumurume hweRoma muBhuku 3. Muna 4 na 5 vaRoma vanokundwa paTicinus,
Trebia, uye Lake Trasimene. Bhuku 6 rinodzokera kumashure kumabasa aMarcus Atilius Regulus muHondo yePunic yekutanga, nepo Bhuku 7 richitsanangura zano rekunonoka raQuintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. Mabhuku 8-10 anorondedzera zvakadzama hondo yeCannae; Juno anodzivisa Hannibal kufamba achienda kuRoma. MuBhuku 11, uto raHannibal rinopedza nguva yechando riri muCapua, uko Venus anovaita kuti vasave nesimba nemhaka yokuva neumbozha. Hannibal anokundwa paNola muna 12, achisimbisa vaRoma. Anoedza kurwisa guta racho, asi Juno anomumisa, achiratidza kuti vanamwari vanomurwisa. Bhuku 13 rinorondedzera kupinda kwevaRoma muCapua uye kufa kwevaScipio vaviri, izvo zvinotungamira kuScipio Africanus 'rwendo kuenda kune nyika yepasi ("nekyia"), kusangana kwake nemagamba anozivikanwa akafa, uye chiporofita naSibylle chekukundwa kwaHannibal. Muna 14 nhimbe yaMarcellus yakabudirira yeSicily uye hunyanzvi hwekukomba hwaArchimedes zvinotsanangurwa. Muna 15, Scipio, achisarudza Kunaka pamusoro peChivi, anoita mushandirapamwe wakabudirira muSpain, nepo paHondo yeMetaurus, mukoma waHannibal anourawa. 16 inorondedzera mubatanidzwa pakati peRoma naMasinissa uye kuyambuka kwaScipio kupinda muAfrica, nepo 17 ichirondedzera kuunza chifananidzo chaCybele kuRoma, kuyambuka kwedutu kwaHannibal kupinda muAfrica, kukumbira kwaJuno kuna Jupiter nokuda kwoupenyu hwaHannibal, uye Hondo yeZama. Nhetembo yacho inoguma nokudzoka kwaScipio achikunda kuRoma.