 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Guta rokutanga rechiGiriki rakapinzwa muRepublic yeRoma raiva Neapolis muna 327 BC. Mamwe maguta echiGiriki muItaly akatevera mukati meHondo dzeSamnite uye Hondo yePyrrhic; Taras ndiyo yakanga iri yokupedzisira kuwira muna 272. Sicily yakatorwa neRoma muHondo yePunic Yokutanga. Syracuse bedzi yakaramba yakazvimirira kusvikira muna 212, nemhaka yokuti mambo waro Hiero II akanga ari mubatanidzwa akazvipira wevaRoma. Zvisinei, muzukuru wake Hieronymus akaita chibvumirano naHannibal, icho chakaita kuti vaRoma vakombe guta racho, iyo yakawa muna 212, pasinei nemichina yaArchimedes seizvo Proclus anonyora mukutsanangurwa kwake kweEuclids Elements Archimedes akavaka zvombo zvinoshanda nemhepo yakamanikidzwa, zvine huremu uye zvinorema sezvinotsanangurwa naCtesibius naHero. 