 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Tauromenium Taormina yakaramba iri pasi pekutonga kweSirakusi kusvika 212 BC apo Sicily yese yakava dunhu reRoma. Vagari vayo vaionekwa se foederati yevaRoma uye Cicero anoti muVerrine Orations kuti yaive imwe yevatatu civitates foederatae maguta akabatana uye anoidaidza kuti civis notabilis. Somugumisiro, vanhu vomunharaunda yacho vaisafanira kubhadhara mutero wezviyo kana kuti kugovera ngarava nevafambisi vengarava munguva dzokukurumidzira. Mukati meHondo yeVashandi Yokutangac.135132 BC, Tauromenium yakagarwa nevaranda vakapandukira vakaishandisa senhare. Vakapoteredzwa nomukuru wehondo ainzi Pompilius, varwi vaiva nenzara vakazongozviisa pasi apo mumwe wevatungamiriri vavo, Serapion, akatengesa shamwari dzake akabvumira vaRoma kupinda muguta racho. Muna 36 BC, mukati mehondo pakati paSextus Pompey naOctavian, mauto aOctavian akaburuka paNaxos ndokutorazve guta racho. Gare gare, muna 21 BC, Augustus akatanga colonia yeRoma muguta nokuda kwavatsigiri vake, achidzinga vagari vakanga vamushora. Strabo anotaura nezveTauromenium seguta duku kupfuura Messana neCatana. Pliny naClaudius Ptolemy vanoridudza sekolonia yeRoma. 