Ōðre Penisc Gūþ
Se Ōðru Penisca Gewinn, þe Rōmware hetaþ elleswīse Se Hannibalisca Gewinn oððe Seo Gūð wið Hannibale, oððe "Se Cartainisce Gewinn", wæs miclu gūþ of þære Rōmāniscan Cynewīsan wiþ Cartaine þa burg. Þes sæcc læstede of 218 to 201 beforan Criste[1] and his fēohtas wæron andlang Wendelsǣs rīmum of westen to ēasten.
Þes wæs seo ōþru micle gūþ betwuh Cartaina and Rōme and þās tū rīcu hæfdon þreo micel sæccas wiþ him ofer hiera ieldu þa hēt man þa "Peniscan Gewinnas" of Rōmwara nama for Cartainafolce, Poeni, of Pene þæm folce of Wendelsǣs ēastrīme þa gestaðoledon Cartaina.[2] [3]
In þissum sæcce gewonn Hannibal micel lof. He wæs Cartaine heretoga his mǣrostan dædas wæron þe he brōhtede elpendas ofer Alpis þæm beorgum in Italie and his micel sige æt Cannae. Hannibal fōr of Cartaine landrīcu on Ispanie and cwōm in Gallie þære fulltumedon hine Galware. Þæn fōr his here mid his elpendum in Italie.
Italia[adihtan]
In Italie hæfde Hannibal micel sige ofer Rōme æt Trebie and æt þæm miclan sætnunge be Trasimene þæm mere. In þæm folgendan gear (216 bC), hæfde Hannibales here ēac sige ofer Rōmwarum, æt Cannae in sūðernum Italie, and æt þissum garmittunge wæron Rōmes legie eall forgrunden. Æfter þissum, manig byrig þa ær wæron Rōmes geþoftan wendedon to Cartaine healfe, and forþæm bād wig on Italie for tiene winter and lengre.
Wiþ Hannibales cræfte on þæm felde nyttedon Romware þone Fabianiscan wigcræfte þe hie awerie Cartainie þreat.
Ispania and Affrica[adihtan]
In þæm ilcan ield slog Publius Cornelius Scipio Roamanisc heretoga Cartainisc cræft in Ispanie; þær nam Scipio Carthago Nova þa ceastre and heald eall Iberia æfter Ilipa thaare Beadwe. Þæræfter seglod Scipio on Affrice and his endmesta feoht þæs gewinnes wæs at Zama fore Cartaine þære ceastre self. On þæm dæge feohte Scipio wið Hannibal and Hannibal wæs sigeleas. Cartaina weard Rōmes underrīce.
Mæcedonia[adihtan]
Wæl[adihtan]
Eall þissa æscþræce genemned sind gūð ðærin cweallon mār menn þon in eallum ōðrum beadwe in þǣm ielde stǣr, and æt Cannae wæs eal here þāra Rōmwara in þǣm felde acweall.