{"slug": "latium", "label": "Latium", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latium", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048669", "qid": "Q1048669", "description": "historical Italian region", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [-492, 728], "span_label": ["493 BCE", "728 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "samnites", "label": "Samnites", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "latin-league", "label": "Latin League", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope", "label": "Pope", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "exarchate-of-ravenna", "label": "Exarchate of Ravenna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liutprand-king-of-the-lombards", "label": "Liutprand, King of the Lombards", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-gregory-ii", "label": "Pope Gregory II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sutri", "label": "Sutri", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "volsci", "label": "Volsci", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -492, "year_label": "493 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "During his second consulate, the Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus concludes a treaty with the Latin League, the Foedus Cassianum, confirming Roman primacy in Latium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342344261#Roman_Republic", "title": "493 BC", "revid": 1342344261, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -445, "year_label": "446 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the Battle of Corbione, Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus leads Roman troops to a victory over the Aequi of north-east Latium and the Volsci of southern Latium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372038982#Roman_Republic", "title": "446 BC", "revid": 1372038982, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -339, "year_label": "340 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "An embassy is sent by the Latin peoples to the Roman Senate asking for the formation of a single republic between Rome and Latium, in which both parties would be considered to be equal. As Rome considers that it is the leader of the Latin League, it refuses to treat the Latin people as being equal politically, or to have Latin people in the Roman Senate. With Rome's refusal of the proposal, the Latin War begins. The Latins fight with the Campanians, while Rome joins the Samnites to attack the Latins. Only the Laurentes in Latium and the equites of Campania remain with the Romans, who, for their part, find support among the Paeligni.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1239354213#Roman_Republic", "title": "340 BC", "revid": 1239354213, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -312, "year_label": "313 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Samnites take Fregellae in Latium, the Roman dictator Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus marches his army from Rome and moves to retake it, but the Samnites leave at night; Visolus places a garrison in the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300255025#Italy", "title": "313 BC", "revid": 1300255025, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -279, "year_label": "280 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Roman commander and statesman, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, is sent to negotiate the ransom and exchange of prisoners. Pyrrhus is so impressed by Fabricius refusing to accept a bribe, that Pyrrhus releases the prisoners without the requirement of a ransom. Following his victory, Pyrrhus advances as far north as Latium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338748993#Roman_Republic", "title": "280 BC", "revid": 1338748993, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -123, "year_label": "124 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fregellae's revolt against Rome begins in Latium. Later the city is captured and destroyed by the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1302859733#Roman_Republic", "title": "124 BC", "revid": 1302859733, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -81, "year_label": "82 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gaius Marius the Younger is besieged at the fortress city of Praeneste in Latium. After a fierce resistance, Marius commits suicide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1262234047#Roman_Republic", "title": "82 BC", "revid": 1262234047, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 545, "year_label": "545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gothic War: King Totila establishes his military base at Tivoli (Central Italy), and prepares a campaign to reconquer the region of Latium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799600#Europe", "title": "545", "revid": 1340799600, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 728, "year_label": "728 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Liutprand of the Lombards occupies all of the Exarchate of Ravenna. He advances towards Rome along the Via Cassia, and is met at the city of Sutri by Pope Gregory II, near the borders of the Duchy of Rome. Liutprand signs the Donation of Sutri, by which parts of Latium are given to the papacy (the first extension of papal territory in Italy). This marks the historical foundation of the Papal States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808673#Europe", "title": "728", "revid": 1340808673, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}