Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaCarthage vakakunda guta guru revaTaurini (raiva munharaunda yeTurin yemazuva ano) uye mauto avo akaparadza mauto evaRoma aitasva mabhiza neaifamba netsoka muhondo yeTicinus pakupera kwaNovember. Somugumisiro, marudzi mazhinji evanhu vokuGallo akazivisa kutsigira vaCarthage, uye uto raHannibal rakakura kusvika kuvarume vanopfuura 40 000. Dare reSeneti rakanga raudza mutungamiriri wehondo ainzi Sempronius Longus kuti adzorere uto rake kubva kuSicily, kwavakanga vagadzirira kupinda muAfrica, kuti vabatane neuto reRoma rakanga ratotarisana naHannibal. Mauto eRoma akabatanidzwa aitungamirirwa naSempronius akanyengerwa kuti arwe naHannibal pamusana pokuda kwake pa
Hondo yeTrebia. VaCarthage vakakomba vaRoma uye 10 000 bedzi pa42 000 vakakwanisa kurwisa kuti vapukunyuke. Awana nzvimbo yake kuchamhembe kweItaly nokukunda uku, Hannibal akaparadzira mauto ake kuti apedze mwaka wechando ari pakati pevaGaul. Vokupedzisira ava vakabatana neuto rake vari vazhinji, vachiita kuti rive nevarume 60 000.