<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Amabutho aseCarthage alwa namaGreki ukuze alawule 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 nezithatha isikhathi eside ezaziwa ngokuthi iMpi YamaPuni, eyokugcina eyaphumela ekubhujisweni okuphelele kwedolobha laseCarthage  <response>: ngo - 146 B.C., okwathi ngaleso sikhathi ibutho laseCarthage lase liyisithunzi 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. 