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What if the Samnites didn´t loose the wars and are not eradicated by Sulla eventually ? (the goal of the Samnites and other rebels during the OTL lost Social Wars was an independent Confederation Nation called Italia with the capital Italica (Corfinium) in modern Abruzzo ) What if they stay strong and even triumph against Rome early on ? Would they hellenized or would their Italic identidy be stronger ? Would they concentrate being the main power in Italia or would they expand challeging Cathage and Greece ? What butterflies would this mean for Europe and the world ?