Roman conquest of Italy

E801730

historical event military campaign

The Roman conquest of Italy was the centuries-long process by which the Roman Republic subdued and integrated the various peoples and city-states of the Italian peninsula, laying the foundation for its later Mediterranean empire.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Roman expansion in Italy	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
chronologyNote	largely completed by the early 3rd century BC ⓘ preceded the First Punic War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	3rd century BC ⓘ
followedBy	Roman conquest of the Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman expansion outside Italy ⓘ
hasPart	First Samnite War NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin War NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrhic War NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Apulia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Bruttium NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Etruria NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Latium NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Lucania ⓘ Roman conquest of Magna Graecia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Picenum NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Samnium NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of Umbria NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of the Aequi NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of the Gauls in northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of the Hernici NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of the Sabines NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman conquest of the Volsci NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Etruscan wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Latin wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Sabine wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Samnite Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Samnite War NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Samnite War NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyFigure	Appius Claudius Caecus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucius Papirius Cursor NERFINISHED ⓘ Manius Curius Dentatus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ
opponent	Aequi NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruttians NERFINISHED ⓘ Etruscans NERFINISHED ⓘ Gauls in Cisalpine Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek city-states of Magna Graecia ⓘ Hernici NERFINISHED ⓘ Latins NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucanians NERFINISHED ⓘ Picentes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabines NERFINISHED ⓘ Samnites NERFINISHED ⓘ Umbrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Volsci NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of the Roman Republic ⓘ
result	Roman hegemony over the Italian Peninsula ⓘ creation of Roman colonies across Italy ⓘ establishment of Roman alliances with Italian communities ⓘ foundation for Roman expansion beyond Italy ⓘ integration of Italian peoples into the Roman state ⓘ
significance	laid the foundation for the Roman Empire ⓘ transformed Rome from a city-state into a regional power ⓘ
significantBattle	Battle of Aquilonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Asculum NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Caudine Forks NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Heraclea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sentinum NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	5th century BC ⓘ
usedMilitaryInnovation	Roman military colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman road network NERFINISHED ⓘ manipular legion ⓘ
usedPoliticalInstrument	Latin Right ⓘ Roman alliance system ⓘ Roman citizenship without the vote ⓘ full Roman citizenship ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Oscan culture → declineCause → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ

Roman military history → includesTopic → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ

Roman–Etruscan wars → partOf → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman expansion in Italy

Roman–Lucanian conflicts → partOf → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ

Socii (Italian allies) → resultOf → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ