 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 288 BC vaMamertines vakatora guta nekunyengera, vachiuraya varume vose ndokutora vakadzi sevakadzi vavo. Guta racho rakava muzinda wavakaparadza misha, zvichitungamirira kukakavadzana neumambo hweSirakusi hwaikura. Hiero II, mudzvinyiriri weSirakusi, akakunda vaMamertine pedyo neMylae paRwizi rweLonganus ndokukomba Messina. Carthage yakabatsira vaMamertine nemhaka yokurwisana kwenguva refuneSyracuse pamusoro pokutonga muSicily. Apo Hiero akarwisa kechipiri muna 264 BC, vaMamertines vakakumbira mubatanidzwa kuRepublic yeRoma, vachitarisira kudzivirirwa kwakavimbika. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga akanga asingadi kubatsira kuti asakurudzira mamwe mapoka evapanduki kuti apanduke, Roma yakanga isingadi kuona simba reCarthage richipararira kupfuura Sicily uye richipinda muItaly. Naizvozvo Roma yakaita chibvumirano navaMamertine. Muna 264 BC, mauto eRoma akaendeswa kuSicily, nguva yokutanga mauto eRoma achiita kunze kweItaly Peninsula. Pakupera kweHondo yePunic Yokutanga rakanga riri guta rakasununguka rakabatana neRoma. Munguva yevaRoma, Messina, yainzi Messana panguva iyoyo, yaiva nepharos mwenje yaikosha. Messana yaiva muzinda waSextus Pompeius, munguva yehondo yake naOctavian. 