 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Carthage yaiva shamwari huru yePalermo mukutengeserana pasi pevaFenikiya uye guta rakafarikanya rugare rwakawedzerwa mukati menguva iyi. Palermo yakasangana nevaGiriki vekare pakati pezana ramakore rechitanhatu nerechishanu BC izvo zvakatangira Hondo dzeSicilian, kurwisana kwakarwiwa pakati pevaGiriki vokuSirakusi nevaFenikiya vokuCarthage nokuda kwokutonga chitsuwa cheSisiri. Munguva yehondo iyi vaGiriki vakatumidza nzvimbo yekugara , , dziva rakakura nekuda kwekusvika kwayo kukuru, kubva pane iro zita razvino reguta rakagadzirwa. VaFenikiya vakatanga kushandisa zita rechiGiriki pamari yeguta racho kubva muzana remakore rechishanu BC. Yaiva muPalermo umo ngarava dzaHamilcar I dzakakundwa muHondo yeHimera dzakatangwa. Muna 409 BC guta rakapambwa naHermocrates weSyracuse. Hondo dzeSicilian dzakapera muna 265 BC apo Syracuse yakabatana nevaRoma veItaly ndokudzinga maCarthaginians pachitsuwa ichi panguva yeHondo Yekutanga yePunic. Muna 276 BC, panguva yeHondo yePyrrhic, Panormos yakambova koloni yechiGiriki mushure mekukundwa naPyrrhus weEpirus, asi yakadzokera kuFenicia Carthage muna 275 BC. Muna 254 BC Panormos yakakomberedzwa ndokukundwa navaRoma muhondo yokutanga yePanormus zita rechiLatin. Carthage yakaedza kutorazve Panormus muna 251 BC asi yakakundikana. 