Rise of Rome: The First Samnite War
The Ancients
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The Importance of the Latin War
Rome's involvement with Capua in the first Samnite war is 'insane', says historian Livy. But it does force Rome to break its treaty with the Samnites, he adds. The settlement at the end of the war really provides a blueprint for how Rome goes on to control Italy because obviously Rome only has the administrative mechanisms of the city-state and can't go directly out of ministry.
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