Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokukurumidza pashure pokutanga kweHondo yechipiri yePunic, Hannibal akayambuka achienda kuItaly kupfurikidza nePyrenees neAlps
mukati mezhizha uye kutanga kwematsutso a218 BC. Akakurumidza kukunda vaRoma zvikuru paTrebia nepaLake Trasimene. Pashure pokurasikirwa uku, vaRoma vakagadza Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus somudzvinyiriri kuti agadzirise tyisidziro yacho. Fabius akashandisa hondo yokunetesa Hannibal, achigura nzira dzake dzokupa zvokudya uye achidzivisa hondo dzakakomba. Nzira idzi dzakaratidza kuva dzisingafarirwi navaRoma avo, sezvavakapora kubva mukushamiswa kwokukunda kwaHannibal, vakatanga kusava nechokwadi nouchenjeri hwezano raFabian, iro rakanga rapa hondo yeCarthage mukana wokuunganidzazve. VaRoma vazhinjisa vakanga vachidisa kuona mhedziso inokurumidza kuhondo. Kwakanga kune rutyo rwokuti, kana Hannibal akapfuurira kupamba Italy asina chinomudzivisa, vavakidzani veRoma vaigona kutsaukira kurutivi rweCarthage nokuda kwokuzvidzivirira.