The Latin League (c. 7th century BC - 338 BC)[1] was a confederation of about 30 villages and tribes in the province of Latium near ancient Rome organized for mutual defense. Events By place Persian Empire The Persian general and Vizier, the Eunuch Bagoas, falls out of favour with Latium was a region of ancient Italy, home to the original Latin people. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC
Latin League creation
It was originally created for protection against enemies from surrounding areas under the leadership of the city of Alba Longa. Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium in central Italy southeast of Rome in the Alban During the 6th century, the Etruscan kings tried to establish their rule over Aricia but the league's policies prevented the Etruscans' invasion. Ariccia (Latin Aricia) is a town and Comune in the Province of Rome. Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy [1] The early Roman Republic formed an alliance with the Latin League in 493 BC. The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the According to Roman tradition, this treaty, the foedus Cassianum,[2] followed a Roman victory over the league in the Battle of Lake Regillus. According to Roman tradition the Foedus Cassianum, or the Treaty of Cassius, was a Treaty which formed an alliance between the Roman Republic The Battle of Lake Regillus was a legendary early Roman victory won over either the Etruscans or the Latin League. The treaty provided that both Rome and the Latin League would share loot from military conquests (which would later be one of the reasons for the Latin War 341-338 BC), and provided that any military campaigns between the two be led by Roman generals. This alliance helped repel attacks from such peoples as the Aequi and the Volsci - nomadic tribes of the Apennine Mountains - who were prevented from invading Latium by the blending of armies. The Aequi were an ancient people of north-east Latium, in central Italy, whose name occurs constantly in Livy 's first decade as hostile to Rome The Volsci were an ancient Italic people, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. [1] It is still unclear if the Latins had accepted Rome as one into the League, or if the treaty had been signed as between the Roman State and the Latin League. Latin is the name of various peoples or ethnicities related to the Latium region in the Italian Peninsula, to the Latin language, or to its descendants
Roman overtaking the League
The increasing power of Rome gradually led to its domination of the league. The Latin War (340–338 BC was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. The renewal of the original treaty in 358 BC formally established Roman leadership and eventually triggered the outbreak of the Latin War (343 BC—338 BC). Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes III ("Ochus" succeeds Artaxerxes II as King of Persia and restores The Latin War (340–338 BC was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. Events By place Persian Empire The King of Persia, Artaxerxes III, personally leads the Persian forces invading Egypt Events By place Persian Empire The Persian general and Vizier, the Eunuch Bagoas, falls out of favour with [1] Following the Roman victory, the league was dissolved.
After 338 BC, the end of the Latin league, Rome renamed the cities municipiae and established coloniae inside them. A municipium (pl municipia) belonged to the second highest class of Roman cities being A Roman colonia (plural coloniae) was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it This meant that the towns were now ruled by Rome (or the Roman republic) and that the people living there were considered Roman colonists. [2]
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