Reflexiones en torno a la guerra y a los conflictos sociales a comienzos de la república romana en los primeros libros de Tito Livio

this article tries to demonstrate that, during the period which extends approximately from c. 500 to 450 bc, some of the repeated wars initiated by the romans against different neighbouring villages were propitiated and used by the aristocracy as a way of restraining internal conflicts generated by plebeians' demands.