Social War (91–88 BC)

E719657

ancient Roman war civil conflict war

The Social War (91–88 BC) was a conflict in which Rome’s Italian allies rebelled to demand Roman citizenship and equal political rights, fundamentally reshaping the Roman Republic’s structure.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Social War (91–88 BCE)	7
Social War (91–88 BC) canonical	3
Social War (91–88 BCE) leading to extension of Roman citizenship in Italy	1
Social War (Roman Republic)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8226906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Social War (91–88 BC)
Context triple: [Bellum Sociale, alsoKnownAs, Social War (91–88 BC)]

A. Roman–Lucanian conflicts
The Roman–Lucanian conflicts were a series of wars between the Roman Republic and the Lucanian tribes that played a key role in extending Roman control over southern Italy.
B. Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
C. Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
D. Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
E. Roman–Seleucid War
The Roman–Seleucid War was a 2nd-century BC conflict in which the Roman Republic defeated the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III, establishing Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Social War (91–88 BC)
Target entity description: The Social War (91–88 BC) was a conflict in which Rome’s Italian allies rebelled to demand Roman citizenship and equal political rights, fundamentally reshaping the Roman Republic’s structure.

A. Roman–Lucanian conflicts
The Roman–Lucanian conflicts were a series of wars between the Roman Republic and the Lucanian tribes that played a key role in extending Roman control over southern Italy.
B. Final War of the Roman Republic
The Final War of the Roman Republic was the decisive civil conflict between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII that led to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
C. Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was a major conflict from 73–63 BC in which the Roman Republic decisively defeated King Mithridates VI of Pontus, greatly expanding Roman power in the eastern Mediterranean.
D. Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s First Civil War was a Roman internal conflict (88–87 BCE) in which the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome and fought his political rivals, marking a key step in the Republic’s collapse into recurring civil wars.
E. Roman–Seleucid War
The Roman–Seleucid War was a 2nd-century BC conflict in which the Roman Republic defeated the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III, establishing Roman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman war ⓘ civil conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bellum Italicum ⓘ Bellum Sociale ⓘ Italian War ⓘ Marsic War ⓘ Social War ⓘ
belligerent	Apulians ⓘ Frentani ⓘ Hirpini ⓘ Italian allies of Rome ⓘ Lucani ⓘ Marsi ⓘ Marsic Confederation ⓘ Paeligni ⓘ Peligni ⓘ Picentes ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Samnites ⓘ Vestini ⓘ
capitalOfRebels	Corfinium ⓘ
cause	demand for Roman citizenship by Italian allies ⓘ demand for equal political rights within the Roman Republic ⓘ grievances of Rome’s Italian socii ⓘ
consequence	extension of voting rights to many Italians ⓘ fundamental reshaping of the Roman Republic’s political structure ⓘ increased strain on Roman political institutions ⓘ reorganization of Roman tribes to include new citizens ⓘ
endDate	88 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Sulla’s First Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Roman Republic ⓘ linked to: Late Roman Republic
legalOutcome	Lex Iulia de civitate Latinis et sociis danda ⓘ Lex Plautia Papiria ⓘ Lex Pompeia ⓘ
location	Italian Peninsula ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
notableCommander	Gaius Marius ⓘ Gaius Papius Mutilus ⓘ Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Lucius Julius Caesar ⓘ Quintus Poppaedius Silo ⓘ
partOf	history of the Roman Republic ⓘ
precededBy	Gracchan land reforms conflicts ⓘ
rebelCapitalRenamedAs	Italia ⓘ linked to: Italy
result	Roman victory ⓘ granting of Roman citizenship to most Italian allies ⓘ integration of Italian communities into the Roman citizen body ⓘ
startDate	91 BC ⓘ

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