Social War

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ancient war civil conflict war

The Social War was a conflict from 91–88 BCE in which Rome’s Italian allies revolted to gain Roman citizenship and equal political rights, fundamentally reshaping the Roman Republic’s structure.

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Label	Occurrences
Social War canonical	31

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ civil conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bellum Sociale ⓘ Italian War ⓘ Marsic War ⓘ
belligerent	Italian allies of Rome ⓘ Marsic Confederation ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
capitalOfRebels	Corfinium ⓘ
cause	demand for Roman citizenship by Italian allies ⓘ demand for equal political rights within the Roman Republic ⓘ grievances over unequal distribution of land and spoils ⓘ
consequence	administrative reorganization of Italy ⓘ expansion of the Roman citizen body beyond the city of Rome ⓘ extension of voting rights to many Italians ⓘ increased centralization of power at Rome ⓘ transformation of the political structure of the Roman Republic ⓘ
endDate	88 BCE ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: late Roman Republic
keyFigure	Gaius Marius ⓘ Gaius Papius Mutilus ⓘ Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Lucius Julius Caesar ⓘ Quintus Poppaedius Silo ⓘ
legislation	Lex Iulia de civitate Latinis et sociis danda ⓘ Lex Plautia Papiria ⓘ Lex Pompeia ⓘ
location	Italian Peninsula ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
opponent	Apulians ⓘ Lucani ⓘ Marrucini ⓘ Martians ⓘ surface form: Marsians Chieti ⓘ surface form: Peligni Picentes ⓘ Samnites ⓘ Vestini ⓘ
rebelInstitution	consuls of Italia ⓘ Roman Senate ⓘ surface form: senate of Italia
rebelStateName	Italy ⓘ surface form: Italia
relatedConflict	Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ Sulla’s First Civil War ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ granting of Roman citizenship to most Italian allies ⓘ integration of Italian communities into the Roman citizen body ⓘ
significance	marked the political unification of Italy under Roman citizenship ⓘ
startDate	91 BCE ⓘ
triggerEvent	assassination of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger ⓘ failure of reforms proposed by Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Republic → notableEvent → Social War ⓘ

optimates → relatedConflict → Social War ⓘ

subject surface form: Optimates

Late Roman Republic → hasMajorEvent → Social War ⓘ

Late Roman Republic → conflict → Social War ⓘ

Samnites → conflict → Social War ⓘ

Lucius Cornelius Sulla → participatedIn → Social War ⓘ

Appian’s Roman History → coversEvent → Social War ⓘ

Marrucini → participatedIn → Social War ⓘ

Vestini → event → Social War ⓘ

Paeligni → timePeriod → Social War ⓘ

Paeligni → participatedIn → Social War ⓘ

Bellum Sociale → hasEnglishName → Social War ⓘ

Italian War → hasAlias → Social War ⓘ

Marsic War → hasAlias → Social War ⓘ

Marsic Confederation → partOfConflict → Social War ⓘ

Picentes → citizenshipProcessCompletedBy → Social War ⓘ

Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo → notable event → Social War ⓘ

Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo → military conflict → Social War ⓘ

Sulla’s First Civil War → precededBy → Social War ⓘ

Populares → historicalContext → Social War ⓘ

Lucius Julius Caesar → participatedIn → Social War ⓘ

Lex Plautia Papiria → enactedInContextOf → Social War ⓘ

Lex Pompeia → hasContext → Social War ⓘ

Romanization of Cisalpine Gaul → hasHistoricalContext → Social War ⓘ

Quintus Lutatius Catulus → conflict → Social War ⓘ

Quintus Poppaedius Silo → conflict → Social War ⓘ

Sullan civil war → precededBy → Social War ⓘ

Socii (Italian allies) → significantEvent → Social War ⓘ

Teate Marrucinorum → participatedIn → Social War ⓘ

Vestinian → event → Social War ⓘ

subject surface form: Vestinians

Marsi → conflict → Social War ⓘ