Latin league: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Latin League was an alliance of Rome and the many other cities and villages in and around the area of Latium. It was created partly as a way of dealing with the many invading peoples who terrorized the central Italian penninsula at the time, namely the Gauls.

The alliance fell apart in 340 BC when many of the other cities began to feel threatened by the Romans considerably growing influence.