Rise of Rome: The First Samnite War
The Ancients
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The Parallels Between the Samnites and the Itolians
It's so striking how you described it there, because my mind instantly goes to something like the Itonian League or the Itolians further east-right. Do you think that was not missed on these ancient writers? Perhaps these parallels between the Samnites and the Itolian and how they want to be portrayed is quite different to those around them. I mean, it is an intriguing parallel, but there's definitely a division, particularly in the Roman mine as well.
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