RESULTS: Philip gains leadership of Greece. Henceforth Greece is
under the control of Macedonia.
=SAMNITE WARS.=--343-290 B. C.
(1) =Romans= vs. (2) Samnites.
a. First Samnite War--343-341 B. C.
CAUSE: A duel between two rival races for supremacy in Italy.
Campanians implore aid of Romans against Samnites who are laying
waste their territories in revenge for aid given the Sidicini of
Teanum.