Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Romawa sun bi kuma sun kama Tunis, kawai daga Carthage. A cikin baƙin ciki, Carthaginians sun yi kira ga zaman lafiya, amma ka'idodin da Regulus ya ba da shawara sun kasance masu tsanani da Carthaginians suka yanke shawarar ci gaba da yaki. Sun ba da alhakin horar da rundunarsu ga kwamandan sojojin Spartan Xanthippus. A cikin bazara na 255 BC Xanthippus ya jagoranci rundunar sojoji 12,000, 4,000 sojan doki da giwayen yaƙi 100 a kan sojojin sojojin Romawa a yakin Tunis
Ka yi haƙuri. Romawa ba su da amsar da ta dace ga giwaye, an kori mahayan dawakai da yawa daga filin kuma mahayan Carthaginian sun kewaye yawancin Romawa kuma sun ci su da nasara. Yawancin Romawa an kashe su, yayin da aka kama kimanin 500, ciki har da Regulus; wasu Romawa 2,000 sun tsere suka koma Aspis wanda ke kan matsayi mai ƙarfi da ƙarfi, kuma yana kallon tashar jirgin ruwa ta Bay of Clupea. Xanthippus, yana jin tsoron hassadar janar din Carthaginian da ya zarce shi, ya ɗauki albashinsa ya koma Girka.