Social War

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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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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 Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

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

It was sacked in the Social War, but probably became a municipium after it, though we hear but little of it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

The ability which Sulla had displayed in the Social War, and his well-known attachment to the Senatorial party, naturally marked him out as the man to whom this important dignity was to be granted.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith

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

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