. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . Rom ^n lt kki roRi i\ $50 i. this Greek empire of the West broke down. Again theGreek idea o\ the small and independent city-state made itimpossible for the Greek cities to remain united, and thusmaintain their liberty against the growing strength of thenative tribes o\ Italy. The most aggressive and powerful of these Italian tribeswere the Samnites, who had long been united in a loosealliance. A portion o\ this tribe had come down from themountains into the lowlands of Campania, ami had takenpossession of the Ktrnsean eities
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . Rom ^n lt kki roRi i\ $50 i. this Greek empire of the West broke down. Again theGreek idea o\ the small and independent city-state made itimpossible for the Greek cities to remain united, and thusmaintain their liberty against the growing strength of thenative tribes o\ Italy. The most aggressive and powerful of these Italian tribeswere the Samnites, who had long been united in a loosealliance. A portion o\ this tribe had come down from themountains into the lowlands of Campania, ami had takenpossession of the Ktrnsean eities and of some o( the Greek THE SPREAD 01 1 HE POWER 01 ROME 2//, cities situated along the coast. A. the Samnifcpanding we itward, and Rome at the tame time wras extend-ing her territory southward, the two peoples came intounavoidable conflict. The Greek citie1 of Italy were clearlyon Uj<: decline at this time, both irj commerce and in fighting. Wabbiom JPainting from a Samnite Grave. power* The Gauls in the North were still barbarians, unfit\r the responsibility of ruling civilized states. The prizeof victory in the wars between Rome and the Samnitetherefore a great one—the ultimate leadership of the wholeItalian peninsula. 346. The Second Samnite War, 320 304 B. C. The strug-gle was long and bitter. The ancient historians tell us of aFirst Samnite War lasting from 343 to 341 B. a, the canand results of which are not at all clear. the more im-portant Second Samnite War (326 304 b. c.)j Rome suf-fered a great defeat. In 321 b. c«, her army was entrappedin a r jar row pa—; in the Apennines, called the Caudine consuls could only save the army from annihilation bjcomplete surrender, and they agreed upon a treaty of peacedistinctly unfavorable to Rome. Then the army was sent under the yoke, as a sign that the soldiers had obtained 274 THE STORY OF ROME &m their freedom through mercy alone. The yoke
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