Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kusiyana ne"Pax Romana" yoUmambo hweRoma, Republic yakanga iri muhondo inenge isingaperi kwoupenyu hwayo hwose. Vavengi vayo vokutanga vakanga vari vavakidzani vayo vechiLatin nevaEtruscan pamwe chete nevaGaul, avo vakatopamba guta racho muna 387 BC. Zvisinei, Republic yakaratidza simba rakakura uye nguva dzose yakakwanisa kukunda kurasikirwa kwayo, zvisinei nenjodzi. Pashure pokuparadzwa kwevaGallic, Roma yakakunda nharaunda yose yeItaly muzana remakore, iyo yakashandura Republic kuva simba guru muMediterranean. Hapana mubvunzo kuti muvengi mukuru weRepublic akanga ari Carthage, iyo yakarwisana nayo nehondo nhatu. Mukuru wehondo wechiPunic Hannibal akapinda muItaly nenzira inozivikanwa zvikuru nokudarika Alps
uye vakapa Roma kukundwa kunoparadza paLake Trasimene neCannae, asi Republic yakadzokazve uye yakakunda hondo nekutenda kuna Scipio Africanus paHondo yeZama muna 202 BC. Carthage payakakundwa, Roma yakava simba guru renyika yekare yeMediterranean. Ipapo rakatanga nhevedzano refu yokukunda kwakaoma, pashure pokunge rakunda zvikurukuru Philip V naPerseus weMakedhoniya, Antiochus III weSeleucid Empire, Lusitanian Viriathus, Numidian Jugurtha, mambo wePontic Mithridates VI, Gaul Vercingetorix, uye mambokadzi weEgipita Cleopatra.