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Conflict Europe

Social War (Italian War)

91 BCE – 87 BCE · 4 years

Rome's Italian allies rebelled over the issue of citizenship. Rome suppressed the revolt through military victory and by passing legislation granting citizenship — but the war set the stage for the Republic's collapse.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Roman Republic
  • Italian allied states

Key moments

Defining events in the Social War (Italian War).

  1. 91 BC Revolt of Asculum
  2. 89 BC Sulla's southern campaigns

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Saami

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Mithridatic Wars

88 BCE – 63 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Roman Republic

508 BCE – 26 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Sulla's Civil Wars

88 BCE – 82 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 91 BCE and 87 BCE.

88 BCE Mithridatic Wars 88 BCE Sulla's Civil Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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