Kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusavimba kunopfuurira kwakatungamirira kukuvandudzwa kwehondo muHondo yechipiri yePunic apo Hannibal, nhengo yemhuri yeBarcid yevakuru veCarthage, akarwisa Saguntum, guta raiva neukama hwepamutemo neRoma. Hannibal akabva amutsa uto muIberia uye akayambuka Alps yokuItaly nenzou kuti apinde muItaly. Muhondo yokutanga yakaitika munharaunda yeItaly paTicinus muna 218 BC Hannibal akakunda vaRoma vaitungamirirwa naScipio Mukuru muhondo duku yevarwi vaifamba nemabhiza. Kubudirira kwaHannibal kwakaenderera mberi nokukunda muHondo yeTrebia
, Hondo yeLake Trasimene, kwaakambomira uto reRoma risina chairoziva, uye Hondo yeCannae, mune inoonekwa seimwe yemabasa makuru ehunyanzvi hwemaitiro, uye kwechinguva "Hannibal airatidzika kunge asingakundiki", achikwanisa kukunda mauto eRoma achida.