Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Nhoroondo" dzaPolybius dzinotanga mugore ra 264 BC uye dzinopera muna 146 BC (Polybius akaberekwa munenge muna 200 BC uye akafa munenge muna 117 BC). Anonyanya kufunga nezvemakore 53 ayo Roma Yekare yakava simba renyika rinotonga. Iyi nhambo, kubva muna 220<unk>167 BC, yakaona Roma ichidzvinyirira Carthage ndokuwana kudzora pamusoro peHellenistic Greece. Mabhuku I kusvika kuV anofukidza nhau dzenyika dzinokosha panguva iyoyo (Ptolemaic Egypt, Hellenistic Greece, Macedonia) uye anobata zvikuru neFirst neSecond Punic Wars. MuBhuku VI anorondedzera Bumbiro reRoma uye anotsanangura masimba evamiriri, Seneti naVanhu. Musiyano uripo pakati pezvikwata zvokutanga zvenyika, zvinoti, Atene neThebes, nechikwata chechipiri chinoumbwa nevaya veSparta, Krete, Mantinea neCarthage akazviti, pamusana pokuti nyika dzeAtene neThebes dzakatevera kukura "kusina kujairika". Na"kusava nomuzvarirwo" Polybius anoreva kuti aya mamiriro ezvinhu anokonzerwa zvose zviri zviviri nokusimuka kusvika kumusoro-soro kwesimba rawo uye kupunzika kumufaro wenguva yemberi. Kunyanya nemhaka yokuti vaAtene vaiva navatungamiriri vakadai saThemistocles, uye vaThebans Pelopidas naEpaminondas, kuti nyika mbiri dzacho dzakava norutivi rwavo rwomufaro kwenguva yakati. Zvinoshamisa kuti maonero aPolybius enguva yaPericles anogona, kusvika pamwero wakati, kunzi anopesana neizvo vanyori venhau vakawanda vemazuva ano vanofunga kuti yaiva Nguva yeGoridhe yeGirisi. Ipapo anoenzanisa gadziriro yezvamatongerwe enyika yenyika yeRoma neiyo yavaKrete, vaSpartan, uye anoratidza murutivi rupi umo mitemo yeRoma iri yakakwirira kupfuura iya yavaCarthage. Anogumisa kuti kubudirira kwehurumende yeRoma kwakanga kwakavakirwa pamutemo wavo wakavhenganiswa, uyo waibatanidza zvinhu zvedemokrasi, hurumende youmambo, uye hurumende youmambo. Zvimwe zvikamu zve"Nhoroondo" zvinotaura nezvenguva iyo Roma yakava nesimba muMediterranean, kubvira pakakundwa Hannibal muna 201 B.C. kusvika pakaparadzwa Carthage
uye guta reGirisi reKorinde muna 146 BC.