Latin War Avoided

According to the ever-so-reliable Livy, the Latin War of of 340 BC was kicked off when the representatives of the Latin League demanded that, henceforth, half the Senate and one Consul would be drawn from their number, rather from Romans. Of course, this would be unacceptable in normal circumstances, but particularly due to the fact that the Romans had just divided up the Consulship between the Plebeians and Patricians; The Plebeians would not give up their newly-won position, nor would the Patricians give up control of their remaining share. Thus, war broke out.

However, lets say a literal Third Way was taken: Since neither class would give up their designated Consulship, the Latins bargain for the introduction of a third Consul for themselves, and perhaps some share of the Senate (perhaps a third as well). Thus, the Latins (and eventually, the rest of the Italian allies) are directly incorporated into the Republican Government, thus forestalling the Latin War, any future analogue to the Social War, and likely stymying any foreign attempts to peel off Rome's allies in the Peninsula.

What might we get from such a situation?
 
Interesting thought. Of course, the precedent could get messy as magna graeca, etruria and cisalpine gaul would all want their share, too, later.

This COULD give rise to a more federal Roman state, or at least a more broadly based one. Interesting.

In particular, could the Consuls' group expand into a regional representation body, like otl's us senate? Clearly it would have a different name.
 
The College of Consuls? Heh.

It would be an interesting point of contention, to be sure, how many Consuls there could be. Less optimistically my initial concept implies, I can see this triggering another civil war down the line, while avoiding the first. The Samnites or Campanians or Etruscans or whomever say they want a Consul. The Romans and Latins refuse, of course, triggering another civil war.

Either Rome wins (it always does) and the Status Quo with maybe some minor concessions is reaffirmed, or they give the rebels their own Consul (unlikely), or they open up the Latin Consul to the rebels (more likely).

Of course, if the number of executives starts growing too much, the system would be far to unwieldy. However, I don't think you'd need that anyway for the government to be more federal in nature. Simply having 1/3 of the Consuls be from outside of Rome leads to a more representative Senate, since the Senate is almost entirely composed of ex-Magistrates such as the Consuls. Within a generation or two, even without specifically mandating it, the composition of the Senate should be roughly 1/3 Latin.
 
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