Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - 218 BC, Insubres iyo Boii waxay ku kacday ka hortagga duulaankii Hannibal ee Talyaaniga ee Dagaalkii Labaad ee Punic (218-201 BC). Waxay weerareen Cremona iyo Placentia, iyagoo ku qasbay deggeneyaashii inay u cararaan Mutina, oo la hareereeyay. Lucius Manlius Vulso oo ah taliye ayaa ka soo baxay Ariminum isaga oo wata 20,000 oo askari oo lug ah iyo 1,600 oo askari oo fardooley ah. Waxaa lagu weeraray labo jeer wadada. Wuxuu fududeeyay go'doominta Mutina, laakiin waxaa sidoo kale lagu hareereeyay meel u dhow. Qunsulka Publius Cornelius Scipio ayaa loo diray si uu ugu taageero ciidamo cusub. Waqtigaas Hannibal wuxuu gaaray Talyaaniga. Wuxuu ka adkaaday Publius Scipio Dagaalkii Ticinus, ee dhulka Insubre iyo qunsulka kale, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Dagaalkii Trebia
, oo u dhow Placentia.