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 was about to bring forward a proposal giving citizenship to the Italians when he was assassinated, an event which precipitated the Social War.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

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.

He was taken prisoner in the Social War, and walked in chains in the triumphal procession of Pompeius Strato.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

One reason which induced the Senate to bring the Social War to a conclusion was the necessity of attacking Mithridates, king of Pontus, one of the ablest monarchs with whom Rome ever came into contact.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

When the Social War broke out, and all hands in Rome were, as it were, called to the pumps, Sulla was ready.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes