 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzana ramakore rechitatu BCE, Roma yakanga isiri simba rehondo uye yakanga ine ruzivo ruduku mukurwisana mugungwa. Hondo yePunic yekutanga isati yatanga muna 264 BCE, Republic yeRoma yakanga isati yaita mushandirapamwe kunze kweItaly Peninsula. Simba rehondo reRepublic rakanga riri muhondo yomunyika, uye zvinhu zvayo zvikuru zvakanga zviri chirango noushingi zvemauto eRoma. Bhiriji rokukwira raibvumira vaRoma kushandisa simba ravo rokufamba netsoka mugungwa, nokudaro vachibatsira kukurira ruzivo rwokuchamhembe rwavaCarthage rwomugungwa nounyanzvi. Kushandisa kwaiita vaRoma nzira yokurwisa nayo kwakabatsira nokukunda muhondo dzinoverengeka, zvikurukuru idzo dzeMylaeSulci, Tyndaris naEcnomus. 