Why Did Rome Unable To Steal Its Land

Rome Fights Back When Other Tribes Attempt to Steal its Land
The final reason why Rome was not the one initiating power over other nations was because other nations wanted to steal Rome’s land. For example, the Gauls were a group of barbarians living in the now-day France. In 386 B.C.E., the Gauls attacked the city of Rome because they wanted Rome’s land and resources. At first, Rome was unable to defeat the Gauls because it was not prepared for the Gaul’s invasion. As a result, many Romans fled, but a few stayed behind: the senators and a few soldiers. In Rome’s history, it had two stories about the invasion of Rome by the Gauls. Through Livy’s narrative, sacred geese were living in a temple on top of the hill and alerted the Romans on the hilltop about the advancing Gauls trying to sneak up the hill (Lewis & Reinhold, 80). However, another story was how Camillus, one of Rome’s military, returned with an army and drove out the Gauls (Keppie, 18). No one knows for sure which story is true, but we do know that Rome was deeply affected by the invasion of the Gauls, and vowed that Rome

They Samnites were a group of Italic people, living in the southernmost region of Italy. They wanted to expand their land towards the north of Italy due to the overpopulation of its city (Lewis & Reinhold, 81). Livy argues that the Samnites attempted to expand upon Rome’s territory, without any negotiation, which caught Rome by surprise. Therefore, after the two groups emerged, several wars broke out. At the end, Rome not only claimed victory, but also gained additional alliances and claimed Samnite’s territories. This article supports North’s claim, that Rome was not really the aggressors of wars, nor were the wars intentional; it just happened out of nowhere. Since the foreign Samnites were attempting to invade Rome’s territory, Rome had no choice but to defend its society from getting