Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaRoma vakatevera ndokutora Tunis, vachibva kuCarthage chete. Kubva kuTunis vaRoma vakapamba ndokuparadza nharaunda yakapoteredza Carthage. Vaparadzwa, vaCarthage vakamhan'ara rugare asi Regulus akavapa mashoko akaoma zvokuti vaCarthage vakasarudza kuramba vachirwa. Mutoro wokurovedza uto ravo wakapiwa kumukuru wemauto echiSpartan Xanthippus. Muna 255 BC Xanthippus akatungamirira hondo yevarwi 12 000, vatasvi vemabhiza 4 000 uye nzou 100 kurwisa vaRoma uye akavakunda pa
Hondo yeTunis. VaRoma vanenge 2 000 vakadzokera kuAspis; 500, kusanganisira Regulus, vakabatwa; vamwe vose vakaurayiwa. Xanthippus, achitya shanje dzevakuru vehondo veCarthage vaakanga apfuura, akatora mubhadharo wake ndokudzokera kuGirisi. VaRoma vakatumira ngarava kuti dzibudise vapukunyuki vavo. Yakabatwa nechikepe cheCarthaginian kuCape Bon (kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweTunisia yemazuva ano) uye muHondo yeCape Hermaeum maCarthaginians akakundwa zvakanyanya, achirasikirwa nengarava 114 dzakatorwa. Ngarava dzeRoma dzakaparadzwa nedutu padzakanga dzichidzokera kuItaly, dziine ngarava 384 dzakanyura pazvose zvaiva 464 uye varume 100 000 vakarasika, vakawanda vacho vakanga vasiri vaRoma vaitsigirana navo vechiLatin. Kunobvira kuti kuvapo kweiyo kwakaita kuti ngarava dzeRoma dzisava dzakakodzera kufamba mugungwa; hakuna chinyorwa chazvo chichishandiswa pashure penjodzi iyi.