Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakutanga, hurongwa hweRepublic hwaive hwekurwira kunze kweItaly, nekutumira makonsula Publius Cornelius Scipio kuHispania, naSempronius Longus kuAfrica, nepo hukuru hwavo hwekufamba nengarava hwaitadzisa Carthage kurwisa kubva mugungwa. Urongwa uhwu hwakakanganiswa nokufamba kwaHannibal noushingi achienda kuItaly. Muna May 218, iye akayambuka chaizvoizvo Ebro neuto guru ravarwi vanenge 100 000 nenzou 37. Akapfuura nomuGaul, akayambuka Rhone, ipapo Alps
, zvichida kuburikidza neCol de Clapier (2,491 metres yakakwirira). Chiito ichi chakakurumbira chakamutorera hafu yemauto ake, asi iye zvino akanga ava kuvimba nevaBoii nevaInsubres, vakanga vachiri muhondo neRoma. Publius Scipio, uyo akanga akundikana kuvhara Hannibal paRhone, akatumira mukoma wake mukuru Gnaeus nechikamu chikuru cheuto rake kuHispania maererano nehurongwa hwekutanga, ndokudzokera kuItari nevamwe vose kuti varwise Hannibal muItari, asi akakundwa uye akakuvadzwa pedyo nePavia.