Sannitic League
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A confederation that brought together the main Samnite tribes to face the threat posed to them by the expansionism of the Romans.
Establishment
January 399 BC: The Sannitic League was a confederation which, between the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century BC, brought together the main Samnite tribes to face the threat posed to them by the expansionism of the Romans. The first testimony of that people is a treaty, signed with the Romans, which marked the Liris river as a frontier.
Chronology
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Was a War of the Roman Republic against the Sabellian people.
January 356 BC: The Volsci and Equi were ancient Italic tribes that frequently clashed with the Roman Republic. After a long period of conflict, Rome finally conquered and incorporated their territories in -357.
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.
2.1.Latin War (340-338 BC)
Was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors, the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. It ended in the dissolution of the Latin League and the incorporation of its territory into the Roman sphere of influence.
January 337 BC: The Roman Republic expanded its territory by defeating the Latin League in the Latin War
Were a series of wars between the the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome.
3.1.Second Samnite War
Was a war between the Roman Republic and the Samnites that took place mainly in Campania and Samnium.
January 326 BC: The Samnites took possession of Neapolis in 327 BC.
January 325 BC: In 326 BC Neapolis was conquered by the Romans, while retaining Greek character and institutions.
January 319 BC: In 320 BC, the Roman Republic, led by the consul Lucius Papirius Cursor, defeated the Samnites in an open battle in front of Lucera, a city in Apulia. This victory led to the conquest of Lucera by the Romans.
January 313 BC: In 314 BC, the Roman Republic conquered the cities of Sora, Ausona, Minturno, and Vescia with the help of traitors. These cities had joined the Samnites, a group of Italic tribes who were in conflict with Rome.
January 312 BC: In 313 BC the Romans took the city of Nola from the Samnites.
January 303 BC: In 305 BC the Romans achieved the decisive victory in the battle of Boviano following which, in 304 BC, the tribes of Sannio asked for peace in Rome, putting an end to the Second Samnite War.
3.2.Third Samnite War
Was a war between of the Roman Republic against the Samnites and their allies (in particular the Etruscans) that resulted in the Roman hegemony over most of central and southern italy.
January 294 BC: Lucio Volumnio Flamma Violente, with proconsular powers, defeated the Samnites near Triferno.
January 289 BC: From Aquilonia, where the Legio Linteata had fought, some survivors took refuge in Bovianum from where they reorganized and led a desperate resistance that lasted until 290, with the last, very hard campaign conducted by the consuls Manio Curio Dentato and Publio Cornelio Rufino. With the victory over the Samnites, the Romans conquered a hegemonic position throughout the central south.
January 289 BC: The definitive submission of the Samnites to Rome was sanctioned by the third Samnite war (298-290 BC).
Disestablishment
January 289 BC: From Aquilonia, where the Legio Linteata had fought, some survivors took refuge in Bovianum from where they reorganized and led a desperate resistance that lasted until 290, with the last, very hard campaign conducted by the consuls Manio Curio Dentato and Publio Cornelio Rufino. With the victory over the Samnites, the Romans conquered a hegemonic position throughout the central south.
January 289 BC: The definitive submission of the Samnites to Rome was sanctioned by the third Samnite war (298-290 BC).
