Throughout the Italian peninsula the flames of rebellion were dying down. While a goodly number of die-hard rebels remained under arms, it was unclear what they were fighting for. If it was for the Roman citizenship, the best way to obtain this was to stop fighting. If it was to destroy Rome, this put the remaining rebels in direct opposition to those who had been fighting to become Roman. This left the idea that the different peoples were fighting for the independence of their tribe, yet this was somewhat nullified by the fact that the tribes had formed a confederation, and made Corfinium
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