 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo yaiva simba guru rokumadokero kweMediterranean, Carthage yakanga yava kunetsana nevavakidzani vayo vakawanda uye nevaipikisana navo, kubvira kuvanhu vechiBerber vokuNorth Africa kusvika kuRepublic yeRoma yakanga ichangotanga. Pashure pemazana emakore okurwisananavaGiriki veSicily, kukwikwidzana kwayo kwakakura neRoma kwakaguma muHondo dzePunic 264146 BC, iyo yakaona dzimwe dzehondo dzakakura zvikurusa uye dzakaoma zvikuru munguva yekare. Vadzivisa kuparadzwa muHondo yechipiri yePunic, vaRoma vakaparadza Carthage muna 146 BC mushure mehondo yechitatu uye yekupedzisira yePunic, vakazotanga guta idzva panzvimbo yaro. Zvisaririra zvose zvorudzi rweCarthaginian zvakava pasi pokutonga kweRoma muzana rokutanga ramakore AD, uye Roma gare gare yakava simba guru reMediterranean, ichigadzirira nzira kumuka kwayo samambo mukuru. 