In December of the year 535 A.U.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal and his army won a resounding victory over the Romans at the Battle of Trebbia. In June of the following year, the Romans were once again routed by this wily invader and his horde of Iberian and Gallic warriors, with an estimated 25,000 Roman soldiers slain or captured. The invaders moved unopposed into central Italy, pillaging and looting as they pleased, killing at will.