Roman conquest of southern Italy

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historical event military campaign

The Roman conquest of southern Italy was a series of wars and campaigns in the 4th–3rd centuries BCE through which the Roman Republic subdued the Greek city-states and other peoples of the Italian south, paving the way for its dominance over the Mediterranean.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Roman conquest of Italy	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Italian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Italian peninsula
cause	Roman desire for security in the Italian peninsula ⓘ conflicts with Samnite and Greek powers ⓘ
chronology	after Roman conquest of central Italy ⓘ before Roman wars outside Italy ⓘ
country	Roman Republic ⓘ
culturalConsequence	increased Roman contact with Greek culture ⓘ spread of Hellenic influence in Rome ⓘ
endTime	3rd century BCE ⓘ
followedBy	First Punic War ⓘ
hasPart	Pyrrhic War ⓘ Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Roman campaigns against Tarentum Roman campaigns against the Bruttii ⓘ Roman–Lucanian conflicts ⓘ Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ surface form: Samnite Wars Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) ⓘ Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ surface form: Third Samnite War
location	Magna Graecia ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
mainBelligerent	Greek city-states of southern Italy ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ coalitions of Italic peoples ⓘ
militaryStrategy	use of Roman legions and allied contingents ⓘ
opponent	Bruttii ⓘ Epirus ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: Greek city-states of Magna Graecia Lucanians ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ Samnites ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ
partOf	Roman expansion in Italy ⓘ history of the Roman Republic ⓘ
politicalConsequence	establishment of Roman colonies in southern Italy ⓘ extension of Roman alliances with Italian communities ⓘ
relatedTo	Roman conquest of southern Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman conquest of Italy Roman–Greek relations ⓘ Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
result	Roman hegemony over southern Italy ⓘ integration of southern Italy into the Roman sphere ⓘ subjugation of Greek city-states in southern Italy ⓘ
significance	completed Roman control of the Italian peninsula south of the River Po ⓘ paved the way for Roman dominance over the Mediterranean ⓘ
startTime	4th century BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: Middle Republic

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Roman conquest of southern Italy → relatedTo → Roman conquest of southern Italy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman conquest of Italy

Magna Graecia → significantEvent → Roman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ