Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mauto eRoma / echiLatin aive akakwana apo Roma yaive ichirwisana nedzimwe nyika dziri munzvimbo ine makomo yeItaly, iyo yaivewo nemidziyo mishoma yevarwi. Asi, sezvo Roma yakatarisana nevavengi vekunze avo vakagadzira zvinhu zvine simba kwazvo zvevatasvi vemabhiza, senge maGauls nemaCarthaginians, kushomeka kwevaRoma muhuwandu hwevatasvi vemabhiza kwaigona kuve chikwereti chakakomba, icho muHondo yechipiri yePunic (218-202 BC) chakakonzera kukundwa kukuru. Kukunda kukuru kwaHannibal paTrebia
uye paCannae, zvaiva zvakafanira kukutasva kwake kunorema kwechiSpanish nechiGallic, uko kwakanga kwakapfuura nokure mauto echiRoma neechiLatin, uye kuvaNumidians ake, vakatasva bhiza rakapfava, rinokurumidza iro vaRoma vakanga vasina zvachose. Kukunda kwakasarudzika kweRoma paZama muna 202 BC, kwakagumisa hondo, kwakakonzerwa zvikuru neuto rehondo reNumidia rakapihwa namambo Massinissa, iro rakanga riri guru kudarika uto rehondo reRoma/chiLatin rakanga rabuda ne 2 ku 1. Kubvira panguva iyoyo, mauto eRoma aigara achiperekedzwa nenhamba huru dzevatasvi vemabhiza vasiri vokuItaly: vatasvi vemabhiza veNumidia vakareruka uye, gare gare, vatasvi vemabhiza vakaoma veGallic. Somuenzaniso, Kesari akavimba zvikuru nevatasvi vemabhiza vokuGirisi nevokuGermany pakukunda kwake Gaul (58<unk>51 BC).