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Was league of Latin city-states in Latium, Italy.
Establishment
January 799 BC: Literary sources such as Pliny the Elder’s Historia Naturalis state that Alba Longa headed a league of city-states in Latium, possibly called Prisci Latini between the X (Late Bronze Age) and the VIIIth century BC (advanced Iron Age).
Chronology
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Were the events and military campaigns that led to the foundation and the expansion of the Kingdom of Rome.
April 753 BC: Foundation of Rome.
January 749 BC: Romulus, the legendary founder and first king of Rome, managed to conquer Medullia.
January 699 BC: Expansion of the Kingdom of Rome by 700 BC.
Was a war between the Kingdom of Rome and several nearby peoples and city-states.
January 750 BC: The Ceninensi who invaded the Roman territories, but they were beaten by the ordered ranks of the Romans. After Romulus had conquered their city it was the turn of the Antemnati. Their city was stormed and occupied, leading Romulus to celebrate a second ovation. Only the Crustumini city remained, whose resistance lasted even less than their allies.
Were a series of wars fought between ancient Rome (in both the regal and the republican periods) and the Etruscans. The conquest of Etruria was completed in 265-264 BC.
January 745 BC: The Kingdom of Rome occupied Fidenae, a town located north of Rome.
January 615 BC: Etruscan domination in Rome (616-509 BC).
January 505 BC: Battle of Aricia: end of etruscan influence in Latium.
3.1.War with Veii
Was a war between Rome and the Etruscan city of Veii.
January 719 BC: The Veientes were concerned by the increasing Roman power, and accordingly launched an incursion into Roman territory. However, they were defeated by the Romans who forced the Veientes to cede the territories of Septem Pagi and Saline.
Was the Roman conquest of the ancient city of Alba Longa.
January 672 BC: According to tradition, the friendly relations between the Romans and the population of Alba Longa had broken down and continuous disputes had arisen. The Roman king's response to the Albani's complaints was that the initiation of the quarrel had been their doing. And since both peoples had equal strength, and continued to weaken with frequent fighting, to shorten the war it was decided to resolve the dispute with a challenge between three twin brothers who represented on one side the Romans (the Horatii) and on the other the Albani (the Curiazi). Alba Longa was defeated and subjected to the Roman state.
Was a War of the Roman Republic against the Sabellian people.
January 495 BC: The Romans, led by the consul Publius Servilius Priscus Strutto, destroyed the Volscian capital Suessa Pometia.
February 495 BC: The Romans, led by the consul Publius Servilius Priscus Strutto, destroyed the Volscian capital Suessa Pometia.
Were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Volsci, an ancient Italic people.
6.1.Attack of Rome by the Volsci
Was an invasion of the Roman territory by the Volsci people.
January 494 BC: After the Battle of Lake Regillo in 496 BC, the Romans, led by consul Publius Servilius Priscus Strutto, proved their strength by defeating the Volsci at Suessa Pometia in -494.
February 494 BC: After having defeated the Latins, the Roman army leaves Suessa Pometia.
6.2.War with the Volsci
Was a War between the Roman Republic and the Volsci people.
January 492 BC: In the last years of the same century it would have been occupied (or reoccupied) by the Volsci.
Were a series of wars fought between ancient Rome (including both the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic) and the Latins, from the earliest stages of the history of Rome until the final subjugation of the Latins to Rome in the aftermath of the Latin War.
January 385 BC: The ancient city of Satricum was captured by the Roman general Camillus.
January 382 BC: In 383 BC the city of Lanuvium, which although until then had been faithful to Rome, being of all the ancient Latin cities the closest to the Pontine plain, it is not strange that it joined the fight against Rome.
January 379 BC: Defeat of Palestrina.
January 357 BC: In 358 BC Lazio was again threatened by an invasion by the Gauls. Livy writes that the Romans granted a new treaty to the Latins at their request.
June 354 BC: In 354 BC, the Romans captured Sassula, another city subjected to Tivoli. After this the Tiburtini surrendered and the war was brought to an end. The Fasti triumphales report that Marco Fabio Ambusto, consul, triumphed over the Tiburtini on 3 June.
7.1.Latin War (498-493 BC)
Was a war fought between the Roman Republic and the Latin League from 498 BC to 493 BC.
January 495 BC: Decisive Roman victory against the Latins in 496 BC at Crustumerium.
7.2.Foedus Cassianum
The Treaty of Cassius was a treaty which formed an alliance between the Roman Republic and the Latin League in 493 BC after the Battle of Lake Regillus. It ended the war between the Latin League and Rome, placing Rome as equal in power to all of the members of the League combined.
January 492 BC: The Treaty of Cassius was a treaty which formed an alliance between the Roman Republic and the Latin League in 493 BC after the Battle of Lake Regillus. It ended the war between the Latin League and Rome, placing Rome as equal in power to all of the members of the League combined.
7.3.End of the Roman influence on the Latin League
Rome lost its prominent position in the Latin League.
January 388 BC: In 390 BC a group of Gallic warriors first defeated the Roman army at the Battle of the Allia River and then sacked Rome. According to Livy, the Latins and the Hernici (while according to Plutarch it was only the Latins), after a hundred years of friendship with Rome, took the opportunity, in 389, to cancel their treaty with Rome.
January 749 BC: Twelve Etruscan city-states, according to tradition, formed a powerful economic, religious and military alliance in Etruria: the "Etruscan League".
January 505 BC: The Latins got rid of the Etruscan Campania in 506 BC.
January 499 BC: Expansion of the Kingdom of Rome by 700 BC.
Disestablishment
June 354 BC: In 354 BC, the Romans captured Sassula, another city subjected to Tivoli. After this the Tiburtini surrendered and the war was brought to an end. The Fasti triumphales report that Marco Fabio Ambusto, consul, triumphed over the Tiburtini on 3 June.
Selected Sources
Cornell, T. (1982): Atlas of the Roman world, New York : Facts on File, p. 27
Prisici Latini League
