Social War

American  

noun

1. Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.

2. Roman History. the war in Italy between Rome and its allies, 90–88 b.c.

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Example Sentences

He wrote twenty-three books on the period between the Social War and the dictatorship of Sulla.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

This proposal, though for the time successfully opposed by the senate, eventually led to the Social War.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Mr. Strachan Davidson's explanation is perhaps the best, that Cicero means that the old lady was thinking of the Social War in B.C.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

Had Fregellae played the part of a second Numantia, the Social War might have been anticipated by thirty-five years.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

The Byzantines, who had obtained their independence of Athens in the Social War, were extending their influence greatly at this time.

From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace