Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pakuvambwa kweRepublic yeRoma muna 509 BC kusvika pakati pezana ramakore rechipiri BC, Roma yakanga yakura kubva kudhorobha diki kusvika pasimba renyika. Pashure pokukunda zvine mutsindo Hondo dzeMakedhonia, achiparadza Carthage
muna 146 BC, uye achiparadza Korinde mugore rimwe chetero, Roma yakava simba guru reMediterranean. Kunze kwokudzora Peninsula yeItaly, yakanga yawana mapurovhinzi muIberia, Greece, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, uye North Africa, mukuwedzera kune nyika dzayo dzakawanda dzevatsigiri nevabatsiri.