Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuramba vaine ruvengo uye kusagadzikana kwemiganhu yavo kwakatungamirira kuHondo yechipiri yePunic (218-201 BC), iyo yaibatanidza mapoka aibva kumadokero nokumabvazuva kweMediterranean. Hondo yacho inoratidzirwa nerwendo rwaHannibal rwunoshamisa rwomunyika kuenda kuRoma, zvikurukuru kuyambuka kwake Alps kunodhura uye kwakashinga. Kupinda kwake muItaly yokuchamhembe kwakateverwa nokusimbiswa kwake nevatsigiri veGaulish uye kukunda kunoparadza pamusoro pemauto eRoma mu
Hondo yeTrebia uye kuvandira kukuru paTrasimene. VaRoma vakashandisa nzira yaFabian, yaisanganisira kurwisana panzvimbo pokurwisana zvakananga, nechinangwa chokunonoka uye kuderedza zvishoma nezvishoma mauto ake. Kunyange zvazvo yakanga iri nzira inoshanda, yakanga isingafarirwi mune zvematongerwe enyika, sezvo yaipesana negadziriro yechiuto yechinyakare. Nokudaro vaRoma vakashandisa hondo imwe huru yomunda paCannae, asi pasinei zvapo nechiverengero chavo chakakwirira, vakakundwa zvinorwadza, vachitambura, kunonzi, kurasikirwa navanhu 60 000.