There was one main cause of the Social War and that was the oppression of the Roman allied states by Rome. The Social War has been well documented but lacks the variety of primary sources as is the case with most ancient material. Most of our knowledge on the Social War comes from Appian, the first book on the Civil War was not well organized so it is a questionable source. We have lost the books of the Roman historian Titus Livy that would have been useful. The Social War was a civil war between Rome and its allies. The states that rebelled against Rome had fewer men in their armies than Rome's, but not by much. The first tribe that began to fight Rome with its army was that of the Picenes of Asculum. No one joined them right away. The war was not organized quickly as all the allies against Rome were multiple groups who had the same disagreement and would take up arms and others soon followed, but there were others who remained loyal to Rome. (Salmone,.159)The seven who did not do so and fought were the Vestini, the Picenes, the Marsi, the Paeligni, the Marrucini, the Lucani and the Samnites, this according to Titus Livy. (Livy, Ex libro LXXII)When the Romans did not grant equality to their allies, they moved their home front to Corfinium and renamed it Italy. There was a lot of fighting, but once it was all over the Italians gradually gained their rights as citizens. The Allies fought for citizenship because, if obtained, it would symbolize complete equality between states. First Rome gave citizenship to the Italians who remained faithful, then it passed to those who were ultimately advantageous to Rome. When the allies proposed getting the legal right to vote, it was a shot in the dark and it was a long process, but in the end they got the right to vote. The pr...... half of the document ......109Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman StudiesStable Article URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297433The 'Italian Constitution' in the Social War : a reevaluation (91 to 88 BC) Christopher J. Dart History: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 58, H. 2 (2009), pp. 215-224Published by: Franz Steiner VerlagArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25598463Livius Drusus, tp 122, and His Anti-Gracchan ProgramHenry C. BorenThe Classical Diary, vol. 52, No. 1 (October 1956), pp. 27-36Published by: The Classical Association of the Middle West and SouthArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3293957The Roman Citizenship.Sherwin-White ,AN Oxford: Clarendon, 1973. Print.Garland, Lynda and Matthew Dillon. Ancient Rome: from the first Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge, 2005. Print.