Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yakatanga muna 264 BC apo vaRoma vakawana nzvimbo paSicily paMessana (Messina yemazuva ano). VaRoma ipapo vakamanikidza Sirakusa, simba guru rakazvimirira bedzi pachitsuwa chacho, kuti vabatane navo uye vakakomba nzvimbo huru yeCarthage paAkragas. Mauto makuru eCarthaginian akaedza kubvisa kukombwa muna 262 BC, asi akakundwa zvakanyanya muhondo yeAkragas. VaRoma vakabva vavaka ngarava dzehondo kuti dzikwikwidzane nevaCarthage, uye vachishandisa nzira itsva vakakundwa kakawanda. Nzvimbo yeCarthaginian paCorsica yakatorwa, asi kurwiswa kweSardinia kwakadziviswa; nzvimbo yeCarthaginian paCorsica yakabva yarasika. Vachishandisa kukunda kwavakanga vaita muhondo dzezvikepe, vaRoma vakatanga kurwisa North Africa, asi vaCarthage vakaipinda. Muhondo yeCape Ecnomus vaCarthage vakarohwa zvakare; iyi ingangodaro yaiva hondo huru yomugungwa munhau nenhamba yevarwi vaibatanidzwa. Kupinda kwacho pakutanga kwakafamba zvakanaka uye muna 255 BC vaCarthage vakakumbira rugare; mashoko akanga arongwa akanga akaoma zvokuti vakaramba vachirwisa, vachikunda vapambi vacho
. VaRoma vakatumira ngarava kuti vabvise vapukunyuki vavo uye vaCarthage vakaipikisa muHondo yeCape Hermaeum kure neAfrica; vaCarthage vakakundwa zvikuru. Boka rengarava reRoma, rakaparadzwa nedutu parakanga richidzokera kuItaly, richirasikirwa nengarava dzaro dzakawanda nevarume vanopfuura 100 000.