 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 167 kana 166 BC, mushure mekukunda kweRoma muHondo yechitatu yeMacedonia, Roma yakapa chitsuwa cheDelos kuvaAtene, avo vakadzinga vazhinji vevagari vekutanga. Kuparadzwa kweKorinte nevaRomamuna 146 BC yakabvumira Delos kutora zvishoma chikamu chekutanga senzvimbo huru yekutengesa yeGirisi. Kubudirira kweDelos mune zvekutengeserana, basa rekuvaka, uye huwandu hwevanhu hwakadzikira zvakanyanya mushure mekunge chitsuwa chakarwiswa nemauto aMithridates VI wePonto muna 88 na69 BC, panguva yeMithridatic Wars neRoma. Pasinei nokupinda nePonto, chitsuwa chacho chakasiyiwa zvishoma nezvishoma pashure pokunge Roma yawana kubatana kwokutengeserana kwakananga zvikuru neOrient uko kwakasiya Delos sechinhu chinokosha pakati penzira yokutengeserana kunotungamirira kuMabvazuva. 