Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo Carthage yaiva nesimba guru kumadokero kweMediterranean, yaitofanira kurwisana nevavakidzani vayo vakawanda uye vaikwikwidzana navo, kubvira kuvanhu vechiBerber vokuNorth Africa kusvika kuRepublic yeRoma yakanga ichangotanga. Pashure pemazana emakore okurwisana nevaGiriki vokuSicily, kukwikwidzana kwayo kwakakura neRoma kwakaguma nehondo dzePunic (264<unk>146 BC), idzo dzakaona dzimwe dzehondo huru uye dzakaoma zvikuru munguva yekare. Vadzivisa kuparadzwa muHondo yechipiri yePunic, vaRoma vakaparadza Carthage muna 146 BC mushure mekunge
Hondo yeChitatu neyokupedzisira yePunic, gare gare achivaka guta idzva panzvimbo yaro. Zvisaririra zvose zvorudzi rweCarthaginian zvakava pasi pokutonga kweRoma muzana rokutanga ramakore AD, uye Roma gare gare yakava simba guru reMediterranean, ichigadzirira nzira kumuka kwayo samambo mukuru.