 Nguva yakati pashure pokunge Carthage yakunda chikamu chikuru cheSicily kunze kweSouth-East iyo yakanga ichiri kudzorwa neSyracuse, Pyrrhus weEpirus, mambo weMolossian weEpirus, akaiswa saMambo Mutongi weSicily kubva muna 278 kusvika 275 BC, akatotora guta remakomo reElymian reEryx, iro rakanga riri pasi pekudzivirirwa kweCarthage amp; kudzivirirwa asati aritora. Pyrrhus akatoedza kutora Lilybaeum Kukombwa kweLilybaeum kubva kuvaPunics, izvo zvisina kubudirira. Makore mashomanene gare gare 275 BC, Nhume dzakabva kuSouthern Italy dzakanga dzamuzivisa kuti pamaguta ose echiGiriki muItaly, Tarentum bedzi yakanga isina kuwira kuvaRoma. Paakanzwa izvi, zvakabatana nenyaya yekuti maguta-nyika eSicily akanga atanga kumuvenga, nekuda kwekuedza kwake kumanikidza Sicily kuti ive nyika yehondo, Pyrrhus akaita sarudzo yake yekubva pachitsuwa ichi uye kuzvisunungura pachigaro, achisiya Syracuse neCarthage vachitungamira chitsuwa zvakare. Ngarava yake payakabva pachitsuwa chacho, yakatendeuka, ndokufanotaura nezveHondo dzePunic, ikati kune vaaifamba navo: Shamwari dzangu, tiri kusiya nzvimbo yakanaka kwazvo yokurwira vaCarthage nevaRoma. Apo uto rake rakanga richiendeswa nengarava kunyika yeItaly, ngarava dzehondo dzaPyrrhus dzakaparadzwa navaCarthage muHondo yeMessina Strait, nengarava dzehondo 98 dzakanyura kana kuti dzakakuvadzwa pa 110. Pashure pokunge Pyrrhus weEpirus asvika muItaly, vavengi vake veRoma vakanga vaunganidza uto guru raitungamirirwa nomumiriri weRoma Manius Curius Dentatus, achiri Mutongi weSicily. Pashure pokunge Pyrrhus akundwa muHondo yeBeneventum 275 BCVaRoma, akasarudza kupedza hondo dzake dzokurwa neSouthern Italy, ndokudzokera kuEpirus, zvichiguma nokurasikirwa nezvose zvaakanga awana muItaly. Zvisinei, guta reTarentum rakanga richiri pasi pesimba revaEpirote. 