What likely happened was that the basic outline of events happened (The Samnites going to war with the cities in the Campania region, Campania going to Rome for aid, and Rome aiding them). The questionable part are the details themselves, which likely borrowed from other Greek historians as a means of creating a poetic narrative. What was more likely was Campania came to Rome for aid and Rome would offer it under the pretense of becoming a part of their Republic, which they likely agreed to.
No one is going to comment about how short were the tunics of the samnite warriors on the fresco at the start of tge video? Seriously, modern day t-shirts are longer than that!
being history buff myself (yes I am not alone maybe the few, but it's not just me) & probably because I have Sicilian & Italian (via Napoli) ancestry... [Kingdom of the Two Sicilies...] I've always dug Roman History... what if stuff always catches my attention : American Civil War, what if Caesar, Alexander man I could just keep going on Germany Thanx Man I Love It; sorta envious 🙏🙂🖖V3... especially w/ these right here, I always knew about the other Italic Tribes & Roman went about conquering them... but not all the hairy details like you provide peace
After listening to this, I do wonder how much of Rome's Republic early history should be treated with caution, trying to analyze it and see what is history and what Is myth. Even the sack of Rome by the Senones should be judged in the same way: did it happened or was a legendary event?
That's the real challenge with this history. It really is difficult to dig into and try to separate it out, that's why a lot of the time we end up with some sort of outline that seems to make sense but we end up having to disregard basically all of the detail we are given. It's definitely challenging. In terms of the Gallic Sack, stick around and I'll have a video on just that subject in a few weeks! Thanks for watching!
Early Roman history is one of the most fascinating topics. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for studying this subject and sharing it with us. Literally no one else does this on RUclips.
What likely happened was that the basic outline of events happened (The Samnites going to war with the cities in the Campania region, Campania going to Rome for aid, and Rome aiding them).
The questionable part are the details themselves, which likely borrowed from other Greek historians as a means of creating a poetic narrative.
What was more likely was Campania came to Rome for aid and Rome would offer it under the pretense of becoming a part of their Republic, which they likely agreed to.
Great as always!
No one is going to comment about how short were the tunics of the samnite warriors on the fresco at the start of tge video? Seriously, modern day t-shirts are longer than that!
being history buff myself (yes I am not alone maybe the few, but it's not just me) & probably because I have Sicilian & Italian (via Napoli) ancestry... [Kingdom of the Two Sicilies...] I've always dug Roman History... what if stuff always catches my attention : American Civil War, what if Caesar, Alexander man I could just keep going on Germany Thanx Man I Love It; sorta envious 🙏🙂🖖V3... especially w/ these right here, I always knew about the other Italic Tribes & Roman went about conquering them... but not all the hairy details like you provide peace
Capuans received civititas sine safragio, a somewhat usual deal. This perhaps has to do with an unusual way they joined the Roman confederation?
Excellent video.
After listening to this, I do wonder how much of Rome's Republic early history should be treated with caution, trying to analyze it and see what is history and what Is myth. Even the sack of Rome by the Senones should be judged in the same way: did it happened or was a legendary event?
That's the real challenge with this history. It really is difficult to dig into and try to separate it out, that's why a lot of the time we end up with some sort of outline that seems to make sense but we end up having to disregard basically all of the detail we are given. It's definitely challenging. In terms of the Gallic Sack, stick around and I'll have a video on just that subject in a few weeks! Thanks for watching!
@@idiottalkshistory Nice! I'll wait for it.