Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code Militum at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/militum Check out the Rome Retold Podcast here: https://www.romeretold.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoriaMilitum This time we are analyzing one of the main 'civilian' strategies of Roman colonization. Anyone can win a war and gain territory, but what to do with that victory is a completely different dilemma. Will the land just be lost the next year? or will it be successfully integrated as a permanent for centuries? The Romans, of course, excelled at achieving the latter. And I think this video is vital to understanding how they were able to build on their successes and expand their territories, permanently. I hope you enjoy! Sources: Broadhead, Will. “Chapter 9: Colonization, Land Distribution, and Veteran Settlement” in A Companion to the Roman Army. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007 DOI:10.1002/9780470996577 Crawford, Michael. The Roman Republic, Second Edition. London: Fontana Press, 1992. Erdkamp, Paul. “Soldiers, Roman citizens, and Latin colonists in mid-republican Italy” in Ancient Society. January 2011. DOI:10.2143/AS.41.0.2129567 Pelgrom, Jeremia. “Settlement Organization and Land Distribution in Latin Colonies before the Second Punic War” in People, Land and Politics. Demographic Developments and the Transformation of Roman Italy 300 BC-AD 14 (pp. 333-372). Brill, 2008 Salmon, E.T. Roman Colonization Under the Republic. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1970. The secret to Longevity (0:00) Romanization (2:19) Creating Colonies (3:20) Land distribution (5:49) Safety and Protection (8:49) Loyalty and Competition (9:50) Land and Citizenship (11:24) Propaganda and Legacy (14:10) Rise of an Empire (16:09)