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By taking an army to Rome itself. Unexpectedly, over the Alps.

><> Hannibal Barca had invaded the Italian mainland and ransacked the countryside with its many crops and estates . Hannibal disrupted commerce and defeated the Roman army on several occasions (Trasimene and Cannae) and came close to threatening the capitol of Rome itself .

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