CLA 2103 Lecture 9: CLA 2103 - Age of Conquest
7 Apr 2016
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It was the second part of early republic; marked by roman imperialism (350-264 bce) 5 c. territorial wars against non-lains: corialanus bad guys; cincinnatus good guys; camillus good and bad. Samnite wars: 343-341 bce first samnite war, 341-338 bce lain war/revolt, 326-304 bce second samnite war. 321 bce batle of caudine forks: 298-290 bce third samnite war. Earliest wars are connected to 5th century crisis and stenochoria. Italic migraions, invasions of laium 500-430s (according to fast: raids were predatory in nature, undertaken on ad hoc (done for a purpose) basis. Foedus cassianum relects this patern: sipulates lains and romans can share their spoils. Livy on earliest wars: fairly accurate reporing with some heroes and heroines (exempla) These wars were about italian tribes trying to move into laium to farm the land. Romans and other lain tribes (the league) didn"t want them in laium.
