Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaRoma vakatevera ndokutora Tunis, bedzi kubva kuCarthage. 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 cha 255 BC Xanthippus akatungamira uto revarwi 12 000, varwi vemabhiza 4 000 uye nzou dzehondo 100 kurwisa mauto evaRoma muHondo 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.