358:defeat & ally

with Latin League:commercium,

conubium

390:defeat Aequi,

Volsci, Etruscans351:

defeat Etruscans

390:Gauls sack Rome

humiliating defeat331:

peace (foedus) 407:Veii enslaved,ager Romanusdoubles in size

298-295:3rd Samnite WarGauls, Samnites

Etruscans, Umbrians295:

Battle of Sentinum

326-304:2nd Samnite War

321:army humiliated at

Caudine Forks316-304:victory

341-338:Latin War

Rome dissolves League;Latium ager Romanus;

338: absorb Volsci;Capua, Cumae

cives

343-341:1st Samnite War

Latins, Samnites,Volsci, Campanians

407-280:Roman

conquestof Italy

Latium, Campania & Samnium:Caudine Forks (321), Via Appia (312), Bay of Naples (298), Sentinum (295)

Sentinum

Rome and her alliances:rights andobligations

>50 coloniae:300 cives or up to 6000

cives sine suffragioet iure honorum in municipia:all citizens’ duties including

tributum, dilecutus (levy)

Latini in 30+ citiesand coloniae:

commercium, conubium,local autonomy, taxes,military contingents,

children cives in Rome

Socii Italici: 150 municipia with individualtreaties; commonalities:

commercium, conubium, migratiolocal autonomy, no taxes,

military contingents

coloniae founded by “three men selected for the purpose

of establishing a colony”(triumviri coloniae deducendae)

Advantages for Latini, Italici:•local autonomy•commercium, conubium•deditio in fidem (surrender) = survival

Advantages for Rome:•military support/garrison•tax revenue•control of Italy south of Po River