ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

deported them to Samnium.Around 40,000 free Ligurian men with their wives andchildren were moved to Samnite territory formerly belonging to the Taurasini, where theconsuls requested a board of five men to assist with the distribution of land and money.There were also spontaneous movements of individuals or segments of the Latin,Samnite, and Gallic populations. In 186, the Gallic Carni ignored a Roman warning todesist from trying to settle in Italy between the tribes of the Veneti and the Istri. WhenClaudius Marcellus disarmed them in 183, they complained to the senate, who sent aboard of three men to investigate: Furius Purpureo, Q. Minucius, and L ManliusAcidinus. 88These men arranged that Marcellus would return the arms to the Carni, ifthey would vacate the area. Shortly thereafter, P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, G. Flaminius,and L. Manlius Acidinus led a colony to Aquileia, on the land coveted by the Gauls.There is also evidence of spontaneous population movements within peninsularItaly: in 187, an embassy from the Latin allies complained to the Roman senate that theircitizens were moving to Rome. 89Again in 177, Latins and Samnites brought a grievancebefore the Roman senate that the levies were not fair since many Latins had moved toRome and 4,000 Samnite and Paeligni families had moved to Fregellae without a changethis commission in particular is that the non-Scipionic elements of the Xviri are attempting to steal some ofthe support of Scipio's veterans for themselves.86 Livy 40.37.8-38.9. MRR 1.388. These Ligurians are called Ligures Baebiani et Corneliani by Pliny (HN3.105). An inscription dating to Nerva's reign still calls them Ligures Baebiani (CILIX 1455). Cf.Scullard (1951), p. 178 and n. 5 for a discussion of the confusion in Livy over who ultimately conquered theApuani.87 The Capuans, too, were removed from their city their surrender in 211 BCE. Based on their role in therebellion, they were assigned land beyond the Tiber in the territories of Veii, Sutrium, and Nepet, orsomewhere on the Roman side of the Liris or Volturnus rivers, but not within 15 km of the sea. Livy 26.12-16, 26.33-34, and App. Harm. 43.88 Livy 39.54.13-55.4. MRR 1.378-9. Cf. Scullard (1951), pp. 167-168.89 Livy 39.3.4-6. MRR 1.368 s.v. praetor peregrinus Q. Terentius Culleo.74