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Excellent

Rome loses the battle of Trebia in an ambush. They wanted a pitched open battle. Reminds me of American revolutionaries guerrila campaign against British armies that were used to pitched warfare. Many Romans were killed or enslaved. The Consul was said to have worn a Gallic scalp over his helmet.

Hannibal savages Rome’s farms as Rome sends a newly raised army to challenge him

Hannibal descends into the Italian plain and tries to recruit local Gallic tribes. Much of his army has fallen away by this time as they deserted or could not keep up with his march. Hannibal picks a tribe and massacres them to make a calculated example to the other tribes in the area.

Hannibal’s army moving too fast for Scipio, crossing into the alps and fighting mountain tribes on the way.

The rise of Hannibal Barca in Spain, his initiative to sack the pro Roman city of Saguntum and cause the mass starvation of its entire city, many inhabitants cannibalized each other or killed themselves rather than be captured by the Baal worshipping human sacrificing Carthaginians. His surprise land assault begins towards Roman territory.