Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hannibal akabva aenda kumaodzanyemba uye akakunda katatu. Yokutanga yakanga iri pamhenderekedzo dze
Trebia muna Zvita 218, kwaakakunda mumwe mumiriri Sempronius Longus nekuda kwemunin'ina wake Mago, uyo akavanza mamwe mauto akasarudzika kumashure kwemauto uye akavarwisa kubva kumashure kamwe vachirwisa Hannibal. Inopfuura hafu yeuto reRoma yakarasika. Hannibal akabva aparadza nyika yakapoteredza Arretium kuti anyengere mukuru mukuru mutsva Gaius Flaminius mumusungo, paLake Trasimene. Akanga avanza mauto ake mumakomo akapoteredza nyanza ndokurwisa Flaminius paakanga akombwa pamhenderekedzo. Uku kuvandira kwounyanzvi kwakaguma norufu rwomumiriri uye kuparadzwa kwakakwana kweuto rake ravarume 30 000. Muna 216, makonsula matsva Aemilius Paullus naTerentius Varro vakaunganidza uto rakakura kupfuura mamwe ose, raiva nemauto masere (masoja anopfuura 80 000) - akawandisa zvakapetwa kaviri kupfuura mauto ePunic - uye vakatarisana naHannibal, uyo akanga akadzika musasa kuCannae, muApulia. Pasinei zvapo nokushayikwa kwake kwenhamba, Hannibal akashandisa uto rake rinorema raifamba nemabhiza kuparadza mauto eRoma uye kuvharidzira uto ravo raifamba netsoka, raakaparadza. Kana toreva nezvokurasikirwa, Hondo yeCannae yakanga iri kukundwa kwakaipisisa munhau yeRoma: varwi 14 500 bedzi vakapukunyuka; Paullus akaurawa pamwe chete nemasaneta 80. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, vaBoii vakavandira hondo yomukuru-mukuru akasarudzwa nokuda kwa 215, Postumius Albinus, uyo akafa nehondo yake yose yavarume 25 000 muSango reLitana.