id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3368 Social War (91–87 BC) - Wikipedia .html text/html 4372 443 74 The Social War (from Latin bellum sociale, properly 'war of the allies'), also called the Italian or Marsic War, was waged from 91 to 87 BC between the Roman Republic and other cities and tribes in Italy which had hitherto been allies (socii) of Rome for centuries. This brusque dismissal of the granting of rights that the Italians considered to be long overdue greatly angered them, and communities throughout Italy attempted to declare independence from Rome in response, sparking a war. The Italian rebels chose two consuls to take command of the war. The Samnites and Lucanians held out at Nola and Bruttium until 87 BC, when the conflict subsumed into the Roman civil war that broke out that year.[57] This law granted Roman citizenship to Italians who had rebelled against Rome. The Social War, 91 to 88 BCE: A History of the Italian Insurgency against the Roman Republic. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3368.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3368.txt