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 there is a lack of variety of primary sources as with most ancient documents. The majority of our knowledge of 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 books by the Roman historian 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 army than Rome, but not by much. The first tribe that began to fight Rome with their army was the Picentes of Asculum. No one joined them right away. The war was not organized quickly as all the allies against Rome were rather groups that had the same disagreement and took up arms and others soon followed, but there were others who remained loyal to Rome. (Salmon, .159) The seven who did not and fought were the Vestini, the Picentes, the Marsi, the Paeligni, the Marrucini, the Lucani and the Samnites, according to Livy. (Livy, Ex libro LXXII) When the Romans did not give equality to the allies, they moved their home front to Corfinium and renamed it Italia. There were many battles, but once it was all over, Italians gradually won their rights as citizens. The allies fought for citizenship because if achieved, it would symbolize full equality between the states. First, Rome gave citizenship to Italians who remained loyal, then it progressed to one that was ultimately beneficial to Rome. When the allies proposed that they get the legal right to vote, it was a shot in the dark and it was a long process, but they eventually got their right to vote. The p... middle of the article......109Published by: Society for the Promotion of Roman StudiesStable Article URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/297433The “Italian Constitution” in the Social War : a reassessment (91 to 88 BCE)Christopher J. DartHistoria: 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 Journal, 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.