Roman conquest of Italy

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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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Label Occurrences
Roman conquest of Italy canonical 6
Roman expansion in Italy 1

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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 ⓘ
endTime 3rd century BC ⓘ
followedBy Roman conquest of the Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to: Roman expansion

Roman expansion outside Italy ⓘ
hasPart First Samnite War ⓘ
Latin War ⓘ
Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Roman conquest of Apulia ⓘ
Roman conquest of Bruttium ⓘ
Roman conquest of Campania ⓘ
Roman conquest of Etruria ⓘ
Roman conquest of Latium ⓘ
Roman conquest of Lucania ⓘ
Roman conquest of Magna Graecia ⓘ
Roman conquest of Picenum ⓘ
Roman conquest of Samnium ⓘ
Roman conquest of Umbria ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Aequi ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Gauls in northern Italy ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Hernici ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Sabines ⓘ
Roman conquest of the Volsci ⓘ
Roman–Etruscan wars ⓘ
Roman–Latin wars ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Italic wars

Roman–Sabine wars ⓘ
linked to: Roman–Sabine War

Samnite Wars ⓘ
Second Samnite War ⓘ
Third Samnite War ⓘ
keyFigure Appius Claudius Caecus ⓘ
Lucius Papirius Cursor ⓘ
Manius Curius Dentatus ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
opponent Aequi ⓘ
linked to: Aequians

Bruttians ⓘ
Etruscans ⓘ
Gauls in Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
linked to: Insubrian Gauls

Greek city-states of Magna Graecia ⓘ
Hernici ⓘ
Latins ⓘ
Lucanians ⓘ
Picentes ⓘ
Sabines ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
Umbrians ⓘ
Volsci ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Battle of Asculum ⓘ
Battle of Beneventum (275 BC) ⓘ
Battle of Caudine Forks ⓘ
Battle of Heraclea ⓘ
Battle of Sentinum ⓘ
startTime 5th century BC ⓘ
usedMilitaryInnovation Roman military colonies ⓘ
Roman road network ⓘ
linked to: Roman roads

manipular legion ⓘ
usedPoliticalInstrument Latin Right ⓘ
Roman alliance system ⓘ
Roman citizenship without the vote ⓘ
full Roman citizenship ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Roman military history → includesTopic → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ
Oscan culture → declineCause → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → partOf → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ
Socii (Italian allies) → resultOf → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ
Roman–Etruscan wars → partOf → Roman expansion in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Italy
Picentine War → hasPoliticalContext → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ
Italic world → transformedBy → Roman conquest of Italy ⓘ