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750 BCE
The Rape of the Sabine Women
The Sabines refused to let their women marry romans.
So Romans planned to abduct a woman during a festival of Neptune Equester. The romans fighted of the sabrine men and inturn the sabrines let the romans have sabrine wives. The girl claimed that she was no sexully assulted and the term rape in thoes day was use to describe abduction. -
390 BCE
Battle of the Allia
The fight was a conflict between the Senones and the Romans. The romans were routed 11 miles north of rome and were sacked by the senones. -
340 BCE
Latin War
The (second) latin war was a conflict bewteen the latins people of italy and the roman republic. In the end it resulted with the latin league ending and also latins getting patrial rights and varying citizenship. -
264 BCE
First Punic War
Was 1 of 3 wars between Rome and Carthage. For over 20 years these to societys battled for land and ended with a treaty between Rome and Carthage. -
229 BCE
First Illyrian War
After about a year of fighting they came to terms of a treaty.
In these terms, the queen would abandon Illyria with some places as exception. Also promise not to sail south of lissus at the mouth of drin. The Romans had gained control of the strategic ports of Epidamnos, the illyrians were forced to give up all controll of south of drin. -
218 BCE
The Hannibalic War
The romans won and got pure dominance over the westen side of the Mediterranean. The war was between the Hannibals and the romans. -
91 BCE
Social War
A war from 91 bc - 88 bc between the roman republic and several cities in italy. The roman miltary one but the italins were restuled with rights guaranteed.