Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaRoma vakatevera ndokutora Tunis, vachibva kuCarthage chete. Vachipererwa, vaCarthage vakamhan'ara rugare, asi mashoko aRegulus akanga akaoma zvokuti vaCarthage vakasarudza kuramba vachirwisa. Vakapa mutungamiriri wechiSpartan ainzi Xanthippus basa rokurovedza uto ravo. Muchirimo cha255 BC Xanthippus akatungamirira hondo yevarwi 12 000, varwi vemabhiza 4 000 uye nzou dzehondo 100 kurwisana neuto revarwi revaRoma raiva pa
Hondo yeTunis. VaRoma vakanga vasina mhinduro inobudirira kunzou, vatasvi vavo vemabhiza vakanga vashoma vakadzingwa mumunda uye vatasvi vemabhiza veCarthage vakabva vakomberedza vazhinji vevaRoma uye vakavakunda zvine mutsindo. VaRoma vazhinji vakaurayiwa, nepo vanenge 500, kusanganisira Regulus, vakabatwa; vamwe vaRoma 2 000 vakapukunyuka ndokudzokera kuAspis iyo yakanga iri panzvimbo yakakwirira uye yakasimba zvakasikwa, uye yakatarisa chiteshi chechisikigo cheBay of Clupea. Xanthippus, achitya shanje dzevakuru vehondo veCarthage vaakanga apfuura, akatora mubhadharo wake ndokudzokera kuGirisi.