Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo yaiva simba guru rokumadokero kweMediterranean, Carthage yakanga yava kunetsana nevavakidzani vayo vakawanda uye nevaipikisana navo, kubvira kuvanhu vechiBerber vokuNorth Africa kusvika kuRepublic yeRoma yakanga ichangotanga. Pashure pemazana emakore okurwisana nevaGiriki vokuSicily, kukwikwidzana kwayo kwakakura neRoma kwakaguma nehondo dzePunic (264<unk>146 BC), idzo dzakaona dzimwe dzehondo huru uye dzakaoma zvikuru munguva yekare. VaRoma vakaparadza Carthage muna 146 BC mushure mehondo yechitatu uye yekupedzisira yePunic
, gare gare vachivaka guta idzva munzvimbo yaro. Zvisaririra zvose zvorudzi rweCarthaginian zvakava pasi pokutonga kweRoma muzana rokutanga ramakore AD, uye Roma gare gare yakava simba guru reMediterranean, ichigadzirira nzira kumuka kwayo samambo mukuru.