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Social War

War between Rome and its Italian allies over citizenship that transformed the political map of Roman Italy.

Timeline
91-87 BCE
Duration
5 years
Region
Italian Peninsula
Record
Static archive

Historical overview

Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.

The Social War was fought between Rome and its Italian allies over citizenship and political rights. Rome won militarily but expanded citizenship, permanently changing the structure of Roman Italy.

Theater countries

Italy

Actors

Roman RepublicItalian allies

Tags

civil-warcitizenshiproman-republic

Border context

-200--31historical border era

Late Hellenistic and Roman republican wars

Rome, Hellenistic kingdoms and regional powers fight across the Mediterranean as republican Rome becomes the dominant military system.

The map is imperial, city-state and kingdom based rather than national. Mediterranean control shifts toward Rome before Augustus.

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