CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Battle Of The Trebia, Veii, Claudius Maximus
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Rome had etruscans to the north, greek to south, carthage, islands around italy, spain, Latin league - coalition of neighboring cities in latium. Early example recorded in livy: tarquin the proud and murder of herdonius. Turnus of arcica, meeting at grove of ferentia. Allowed romans to form their own form of government, even tyrannies were accepted but many liked aristocracy. This was a period of coexistence and gradual assimilation. Patterns you see in the old testament for wars. These are all fighting to get roman citizenship. Expansion of romans halted temporarily by the invasion of the gauls. Rome sacked 390 bce by the gauls. Book 5 talks about this invasion with a very powerful speech at the end, ending the 5th book. The speech was trying to get the romans to stay and rebuild instead of move and leave everything behind.
