 Bearing in mind Hasdrubal’s fate, he knew that an eventual offensive against the concentrating Roman forces had to be well-prepared.So he organized a meeting of Gallic and Ligurian chieftains and assured them that his mission was to liberate them, but for that he needed many more soldiers.The Ligurians committed themselves immediately, but the Gauls, threatened by the Roman armies on the borders and inside their homeland, declined to revolt openly.