<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ibutho laseCarthage lalilwa namaGreki ukuze lilawulwe isiqhingi saseSicily. Lokhu kuhlangana kwathonya ukuthuthukiswa kwezikhali namaqhinga amaCarthage, kwabangela ukuba iCarthage yamukele isosha lama-hoplite elingumGreki elalilwa ngesakhiwo se-phalanx. Nakuba ekugcineni anqoba amaGreki eSicily, ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho umshini wempi waseCarthage wabhekana nenselele enkulu kunayo yonke yezempi eyake yabhekana nayo evela ebuthweni lempi leRiphabhuliki yaseRoma elalikhula. ICarthage neRoma balwa izimpi eziningana ezinkulu ezihlala isikhathi eside ezaziwa ngokuthi yiMpi YamaPuni, eyokugcina eyaholela ekubhujisweni okuphelele  <response>: ukubhujiswa kwedolobha laseCarthage ngo-146 BC, ngaleso sikhathi ibutho laseCarthage laliyisithunzi nje salokho elaliyikho ngaphambili. ICarthage yayisondele ekunqobeni izikhathi eziningana, ngesikhathi seMpi YasePunic yangaphambilini noma kunjalo; ngamasosha abo athola impumelelo ephawulekayo ngaphansi komyalo kaHamilcar Barca nendodana yakhe uHannibal eMpini YasePunic Yokuqala neyesiBili ngokulandelana. U-Hannibal Barca ngokukhethekile, uthathwa kabanzi njengomunye wochwepheshe bezempi abakhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni. 