 Publius Cornelius Scipio decided to return to Italy to fight Hannibal there and sent his brother, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, to Hispania with the bulk of the expeditionary force.Gnaeus landed at Emporion, (Empúries).Livy states that Gnaeus gained the support of the coastal peoples north of the Ebro by renewing old alliances and forming new ones.