 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sicily yakaramba yakasimba mumaoko eRoma, ichivharira kusimbiswa kwakagadzirira kwegungwa uye kugoverwazve kwaHannibal kubva kuCarthage. Hiero II, mudzvinyiriri akwegura weSirakuse wamakore makumi mana namashanu aripo uye mubatsiri akavimbika weRoma, akafa muna 215BC uye mutsivi wake Hieronymus akanga asingagutsikani nemamiriro ake ezvinhu. Hannibal akakurukura chibvumirano umo Syracuse yakaenda kuCarthage, pamutengo wokuita Sicily yose kuva pfuma yeSirakusa. Uto reSirakusi harina kuratidza kuva rinokwanisa kurwisana nevaRoma, uye pakazosvika chitubu cha213 BC, Sirakusi rakakombwa. Zvose zviri zviviri nhoroondo dzaPolybius naLivy dzokukomba dzinotarisa pakugadzirwa kwaArchimedes kwemichina yehondo yokurwisa hondo yokukomba yeRoma, yakaitwa yakaoma zvikuru nokudzivirira kwakasimba kweguta racho. 