#287 bc

#Roman #History in a Nutshell - #Wars with #Sabines, Veii and Fidenae ~753 BCE - ~287 BCE #Rome was just a small #city in a sea of Italic #peoples. the #RomanEmpire only expanded through #conquest and #exploitation, the Sabines being an early example.

It doesn’t give a precise date but this is a 5th century map of the central Italian people. Even though Veii and Fidenae were Etruscan cities you can see why they often allied with the Sabines when there was an attack on Rome, they were basically on-the-way! So there is some overlap between some of the conflicts here and some of those discussed in our ‘Wars with Etruscans’ article. (Credit:…