ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts of key concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book has suggested that one of the central goals of the insurgents was to achieve the equalization of rights and that for many the acquisition of Roman citizenship was an effective path to achieving this end. The Social War triggered a fundamental shift in the make-up of the Roman citizen body. In the decades following the mass extension of the Roman franchise there was a slow diminution of local, non-Roman identities, and the loss of many former regional centres and language groups. A few generations later Florus, reflecting upon the legacy of the Social War, could liken the conflict with the Italian allies to a civil war. From the Po Valley in the north to Bruttium in the south, Italy was now a politically Roman community, and the Social War was undeniably a defining moment in the history of Roman Italy.
