Kammala wannan jumla: Romawa sun bi kuma sun kama Tunis, kawai daga Carthage. Daga Tunis, Romawa suka kai wa yankin da ke kusa da Carthage hari kuma suka halaka shi. A cikin yanke ƙauna, Carthaginians sun yi kira ga zaman lafiya amma Regulus ya ba da irin wannan mawuyacin hali cewa Carthaginians sun yanke shawarar yin yaƙi. An ba da alhakin horar da rundunarsu ga kwamandan sojojin Spartan Xanthippus. A cikin 255 BC Xanthippus ya jagoranci rundunar sojoji 12,000, 4,000 sojan doki da giwaye 100 akan Romawa kuma ya kayar da su a
Yaƙin Tunis. Kimanin Romawa 2,000 suka koma Aspis; aka kama 500, har da Regulus; aka kashe sauran. Xanthippus, yana jin tsoron hassadar janar din Carthaginian da ya zarce shi, ya ɗauki albashinsa ya koma Girka. Romawa sun aika da rundunar jiragen ruwa don su kwashe waɗanda suka tsira. Jirgin ruwan Carthaginian ya hana shi daga Cape Bon (a arewa maso gabashin Tunisia na zamani) kuma a cikin Yaƙin Cape Hermaeum an ci Carthaginians da yawa, sun rasa jiragen ruwa 114 da aka kama. Jirgin ruwan Roma ya lalace ta hanyar hadari yayin da yake komawa Italiya, tare da jiragen ruwa 384 da suka nutse daga jimillar su 464 da kuma mutane 100,000 da suka rasa, mafi yawansu ba Romawa ba ne. Zai yiwu kasancewar sun sanya jiragen ruwan Romawa ba su dace da tafiya ba; babu wani rikodin da aka yi amfani da su bayan wannan bala'in.