 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo muSicily yakatangazve muna 252, nokutorwa kweThermae neRoma. Carthage yakapindura gore rakatevera racho, kupfurikidza nokukomba Lucius Caecilius Metellus, uyo akabata Panormos zvino Palermo. Mumiriri wacho akanga achera migero kuti adzivise nzou, idzo dzakanga dzambokuvadzwa nemapfuti dzakatendeukira kumauto adzo, zvichiguma norukundo rukurunokuda kwaMetellus, uyo akaratidzira zvimwe zvikara zvakabatwa muCircus. Roma yakabva yakomba masvingo okupedzisira eCarthage muSicily, Lilybaeum neDrepana, asi maguta aya akanga asingakundiki nemugungwa. Publius Claudius Pulcher, mutungamiri we249, nenzira yokusafunga akaedza kutora iyo yokupedzisira mugungwa, asi akatambura kukundwa kunotyisa; shamwari yake Lucius Junius Pullus nenzira imwe cheteyo yakarasikirwa nengarava yake kure neLilybaeum. Pasina corvus, ngarava dzehondo dzeRoma dzakanga dzarasikirwa nokubatsira kwadzo. Panguva ino, mativi ose akanga aneta uye aisagona kuita mabasa makuru; nhamba yevagari veRoma vaidanwa kuhondo yakanga yaderedzwa ne17 mumakumi maviri emakore, somugumisiro wokudeurwa kweropa kukuru. Basa bedzi rehondo mukati menguva iyi rakanga riri kubuda muSicily kwaHamilcar Barca muna 247, uyo akatambudza vaRoma neuto revarwi vanobva kunhare yaakavaka paMt. Eryx. 