I've just been reading on the Social War of 91-88 BCE, and read that the rebels were trying to create an independent Italian state: Founding their own capital, with their own symbols, minting coins and even appointing their own senate. Now, I've been thinking: Without most of Italy, what would Rome do? Surely, it can't keep its provinces, can it? Will it get dismembered or what? Can a Roman state controlling large territories outside of Italy live side-by-side with an Italian state?