Talk:Social War (91–87 BC)

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Did this war begin in 91 or 90 seems to be some confusion. Gradvmedusa 18:56, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The war started in 91 BC, but because it broke out just before the end of the campaigning season not much happened that year. LuciusHistoricus (talk) 11:49, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Another "Social War" took place 357 - 355 BC between Athens and some of its allies from the second Athenian League. Algae 20:52, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

The Athenians didn't treat their allies fairly as well. Anyway, this was one between Rome and their Italian allies in 91 - 87 BC. Also called the Marsic War, the Italian War or War of the Allies. LuciusHistoricus (talk) 11:56, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Cleanup request

Confusing structure, needs more sections and better organization, no references at all. Red1 07:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The coin

it would be cool to have an image of the coin here or if there's more material later, an article about the coin.--chaizzilla 22:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Allied War

It has nothing whatsoever to do with any 'Social' affair. This is a severe mistake. socius, socia, socium, [adj.] = associated, allied. Oded 77.125.133.178 (talk) 15:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

That is correct. I reread the article quickly and it doesn't seem to be saying that it was a social affair; what concerns do you have about the article? Chuy1530 (talk) 14:54, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Contemporary Romans referred to the conflict as the "Marsic War", the Marsi having formally declared war on Rome. However, "Social War" is the term widely used by modern historians, and is therefore the appropriate title. - J. Conti 108.20.137.173 (talk) 06:38, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

'"Social War" is the term widely used by modern IGNORANT historians', who don't know but English. Others here just copy and spread the error. Seems good for Americans. Oded

Nevertheless, the term "Social War" is used in perhaps every single modern piece of historiography on the Marsic War. For Wikipedia to make a value judgement like this would be bizarre and, frankly, confusing. The title should stay as is. I'm attempting to remodel and cite the page currently. JoshLyman (talk) 13:21, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Abbreviated citations

I would like to remind editors that Wikipedia is written for a general audience. As such, abbreviations of sources such as

Diod. XXXVII 2, 9–11; App. BC I 53; Auc. Vir. Ill. 63, 1.

are not helpful, because unless you're already familiar with these sources you will have no idea what they mean. I can guess that "Diod." is Diodorus Siculus and "App." is Appian - is this correct? But "Auc. Vir. Ill." is completely opaque. Hairy Dude (talk) 13:00, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Probably De viris illustribus of the pseudo-Aurelius Victor. T8612 (talk) 15:14, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

If you need help deciphering them, one source of abbreviations is https://oxfordre.com/classics/page/ocdabbreviations. That said, I largely agree: many of those citations are opaque. What I've done is something of a compromise position; I use the OCD abbreviations but {{harvnb}}-link them to full-form citations. Ifly6 (talk) 14:02, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Request for References

It seems that the different events throughout the war all need more specific references RPompeiiArchaeology (talk) 07:49, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 January 2022 and 12 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Minervascripps (article contribs).

I intend on adding sources of documented archaeological evidence to this page in order to supplement what is already here. I want to add citations as well as a section on Pompeian involvement in the Social War, which has very little coverage on this page as of right now. I'm particularly interested in illustrating the aftermath of the Social War through Pompeian history. There's some great evidence for Sulla's bombardment of Pompeii in the walls of the city as well as Pompeian military organization through graffiti. I think this type of evidence would give readers a better idea of what actually happened in the war, rather than just who won and who died. Minervascripps (talk) 00:34, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Replacement sources?

Consider the following for replacement sources:

• Gabba, E (1992). "Rome and Italy: the Social War". In Crook, John; et al. (eds.). The last age of the Roman republic. Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 104–28. ISBN 0-521-85073-8. OCLC 121060.
• Mouritsen, Henrik (1998). Italian unification: a study in ancient and modern historiography. London: Institute of Classical Studies. ISBN 0-9005-8781-4.
  • Very positively reviewed ("This is now the best modern introduction to the Social War") by Smith, Christopher (1999). "Review of Italian Unification". Journal of Roman Studies. 89: 227. doi:10.2307/300760.
  • Bradley, Guy (2002). "The Romanisation of Italy in the 2nd century BC: Henrik Mouritsen, Italian Unification". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 15: 401–06.

Ifly6 (talk) 14:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Some further see alsos:

• Dart, Christopher (2014). The Social War, 91 to 88 BCE: A History of the Italian Insurgency against the Roman Republic. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315552729.
  • Positively reviewed by Roselaar, Saskia (2015-07-05). "Review of The Social War" (PDF). Classical Journal.
  • Burton, Paul (2016). "Review of The Social War". The Classical Review. 66 (1): 204–06.

Ifly6 (talk) 18:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Result and military history infoboxes

@Romulus Cyrus: I reverted your use of non-standard results. Per {{Infobox military conflict}} documentation on the |result= this parameter may use one of two standard terms: "X victory" or "Inconclusive". See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Military history#INFOBOX: The "result" parameter has often been a source of contention... The infobox does not have the scope to reflect nuances, and should be restricted to "X victory" or "See aftermath" (or similar). Ifly6 (talk) 17:22, 9 July 2023 (UTC)