The Latin Wars

The major and often times only change was that Rome was now in complete control of the region’s foreign policy. Seeing that the benefits far exceeded the cost of incorporation, many regions were not only okay with the price of incorporation, but sought it out as a means of protection, ultimately creating the Latin League by the year 338 B.C..

First of all, the Romans learned many rules on how to expand and to rule the large areas around them. Rome learned early on that it was very important to create alliances with surrounding cities in Italy.2 Rome became allies with the other Latin speaking cities of Latium.2 The Romans and their allies then took over the Etruscan city of Veii.2 The Romans learned that careful diplomacy was very useful in taking over larger areas.2 The Romans took a punch to the face in 389 B.C.E. Celts

After the Punic wars with Carthage, Rome acquired many new lands that it did not have before. During peace times it was easy to govern these areas but during war times it proved difficult.

Rome’s ferocity in the regal period began a cycle of war they would eventually become infamous for. Their soldiers came from all but the poorest of social classes and a large chunk of the Roman army was dependent upon the revenue war brought in. Any land won would be given to the wealthiest of Romans, usually patricians, who would use it as a means to control the poorer classes, usually plebeians. During

Much like we see in daily in the media, power struggle has been a problem of humanity in many situations, and the Roman empire was no exception. The Roman Empire as a world power, extended its reach across parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia; however, the wars of conquest came with a price and especially effected the lie legionaries who had gone for years and where forced to sell their lands upon returning home (McKay, 110). After losing their lands many of the veterans were unable to find employment and would follow any leader until Gaius Marius recruited some of them to fight in Africa in return for land, however, the senate or the state refused to support Marius’ promise (McKay, 111). These events were one of the first destabilizing factors

The ancient Rome Empire raises their empire by coquetting many lands by fighting and coquetting them. One on the things that made Rome special was their expansion of the territory. What was different of other empires is, when they conquer a foreign land, they let them keep their traditions and their own culture. Instead of teaching them religion and make them be a Roman, they made them swear fealty to Rome. Roma wanted to spread their territory and their trading zone. One example of this was the war of the Roman and the Carthaginians in 264 BC. After many battles of this war better know as the Punic Wars, finally the romans defeated the Carthaginians. It took 100 years to put and end to this war.

People always fear the day when they acquire “in-laws”; Tacitus on the other hand embrasses and admires his. Tacitus’, Agricola, was written to provide readers with a perspective on the history of Roman conquest, expansion, and behavior towards “barbarians”. It is written in Tacitus’ point of view, as well as many experiences told in the view of his father-in-law, Agricola. The Romans faced many challenges along their path of reaching their goal of conquering territory. We learn about the type of people they come in contact with and the attitude the Romans feel towards these new people they encounter. Within the Agricola, we see just how powerful the Roman army can be when it is lead by one of the greatest leaders they have ever had- Agricola.

Mythically established in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, and brutally broken in AD 1453 by the Ottoman Turks, Rome’s Empire wasn’t just war and conquering, “Rome was also an idea. Inhabitants from the farthest reaches of the empire wanted to be-and became-‘Roman.’” Amy Chua’s thesis for this chapter is that the tolerance of Rome allowed it to go beyond the point of empire and become a hyper power. And not only was it a hyper power, but it lasted for an extremely long time. Rome’s amazing capability of using its citizens as part of the roman life expanded its empire and broke the ceiling for new ‘romans’. Their ideas can be expressed most clearly through Emperor Claudius’ speech, saying that the downfall of powerful cities was that they ‘held

Ancient Latium was not a large area. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (n.d.), it extended south of the Tiber River to Mount Circeo, and was bordered northwest by Etruria, southeast by Campania, east by Samnium, and northeast by the region of Sabini, Aequi, and Marsi. In order to address the importance of Latium towns to the Roman government, let's first review the Roman domain. Land lost with the eviction of the kings was eventually recouped. Rome made a career out of conquering nations and adding them to her empire, and in doing so, acquiring additional knowledge on government and law (Morey, 1901)

Some of the Latium towns were adopted by the Romans to become full roman citizens and their territories became two new tribes. Other towns received only partial rights and they could not participate in the government. Some towns kept their governance but promised to support Rome in times of war and surrender their land. This treatment of the Latium cities brought them closer to Rome. The result was good relations which allowed the Romans to grow stronger.

Visigoths feared that a group of fierce warriors called the Huns were going to attack them next. So the Visigoths went over to Rome in the late A.D 300’s to ask for protection. Rome agreed on one small condition: if they swore to be loyal to Rome. They took the oath but as time went by, their trust kept drifting away. Rome kept kidnapping a lot of their kind and sold food at very high prices only to the Visigoths. So they got tired of it very quickly and they went to war at the battle of Adrianople. The Visigoths won in A.D 378 and Rome had to surrender territory to the Visigoths inside their own city.

Chapter 1 entitled “The Julio-Claudian System” elaborately explained how the Empire’s hegemony required an offensive tactic. This tactic called for an “economy of force”. Riddled with charts, graphs, and maps, Luttwak displays his true military background when he shows the reader where the client states are located and how Rome picked which client states to procure. Any client state that was considered amicus populi Romani enjoyed the financial and political benefits of the Roman Empire while providing defensive measures.

This was met with resistance and the Latin envoy withdrew their offer. The Romans joined forces with their previous enemy, the Samnites, to invade Campania and other Latin cities which resulted in defeat for the Latins. The result of this onslaught brought all of Latium under Roman control. Rome instituted a policy called isolation for each Latin city and were judged to fall under one of two categories – full incorporation and partial incorporation. Full incorporation extended full Roman citizenship rights; while partial incorporation extended only the rights to trade and intermarry with Roman citizens. (Morey,

At the late periods of the age of Bronze, certain Indo-European persons arrived and lived in Italy. They were known as the “Latium people” (Cary and Scollard, 1975). Latium originally settled on the territory within the Alban Hills and was bounded by countries like Etruria, Campania, Samnium and Sabina. The ones that dwelt within the Rome had common identities with the Roman as one person. It was an Etruscan that settled within the Romans and influenced she in the area of art and culture. At this point, the Romans began to influence its neighbors to gain full control over the entire territory. The Latium went to war as a result of negative influences received by the Roman government.

As more people were being born,and more people were demanding rights, such as the commoners, more resources were required. Furthermore, Roman religion and government were much intertwined. They saw victory as a means of honoring the gods. It is my belief that it is through the Roman desire to expand their walls and territory, i.e. build an empire, that the Latium peoples and territories were treated as they were. One should note though, that these people were not always treated like this. This confederacy soon came to a crumbling end. As Rome's power and strength grew, so did its politics, its vision, and everything else. The Latin alliance was no longer necessary. In 340 BC, Romans and Latins went to war, which should be no surprise whatsoever for a power hungry people. &he Romans defeated the Latins in 338 dissolving the league. By this point, the Latin cities were given a new political status which either limited or completely eradicated their political status. They now became people of the Roman Empire. And this change was important because if the Latin's remained in control of their self-government, they could form a rebellion and continue to war with Rome. Furthermore, Rome was about control, command, and conquer. It was only necessary to overtake their allies, limiting their power. Ironically, this reminds me of the pride of Athens.The relations between Rome and the Latin cities had been different at different