Roman–Lucanian conflicts

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The Roman–Lucanian conflicts were a series of wars between the Roman Republic and the Lucanian tribes that played a key role in extending Roman control over southern Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient war
series of conflicts
war
conflictBetween Lucanians
Roman Republic
describedBySource Appian
Diodorus Siculus
Livy
endTime 3rd century BC
followedBy Roman–Greek conflicts in southern Italy
hasCause Lucanian raids on Greek cities
Roman expansionism
competition for control of southern Italian territories
hasConsequence increased Roman presence in Greek cities of southern Italy
integration of Lucanian territory into Roman sphere
weakening of Samnite resistance to Rome
hasEffect expansion of Roman influence in Magna Graecia
extension of Roman control over southern Italy
subjugation of Lucanians
hasParticipant Lucanians
surface form: Lucanian tribes

Pyrrhus of Epirus
Roman army
Samnites
Tarentum
historicalPeriod Roman Republic
involves alliance shifts between Lucanians, Samnites, and Greeks
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
Latin
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
militaryTheater Bruttium
Campania
Lucania
opponent Lucanians
surface form: Lucanian League
partOf Roman conquest of Italy
Roman expansion in Italy
precededBy early Roman–Samnite clashes
relatedTo Pyrrhic War
Roman–Samnite Wars
surface form: Samnite Wars
result Roman victory
startTime 4th century BC

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Roman conquest of southern Italy hasPart Roman–Lucanian conflicts