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Rh with Rome were not erased from the list, nor were Latin colonies included in it. The later colonies, moreover, were granted the rights of commercial intercourse and probably of intermarriage with Rome, but with no other member of the league. About the same time (ca. 367) the constitutions of the Latin communities were changed by the institution of two aedileships in each, and thereby made to resemble the Roman constitution more closely than before.

Revolt of Latins and Hernici. — The supremacy of Rome in the league imposed great burdens on the Latins and Hernici, and excited discontent also through acts of injustice. They were almost ready to secede. The capture of Rome in 388 furnished them an opportunity, and the reorganization of the league and the definite occupation of the Pomptine region may have exasperated them. No concerted secession took place, however; but numerous Latins joined the enemies of Rome as volunteers, and a number of Latin towns seceded. Rome subdued these without any great difficulty, and about 381 compelled one of them, Tusculum, to surrender its independence and to receive Roman citizenship (civitas cum suffragio), but allowed it a certain amount of local self-government, including magistrates and an assembly of its own. This was the first instance of the incorporation of a whole community as such.

Rome sustained a more severe struggle with the Hernici, but was victorious. It renewed the treaties with the Latin and Hernican leagues about 358, probably on terms more favorable to the Romans than before. The simultaneous organization of two new districts in the Pomptine region shows the steady advance of the Roman power.

Incorporation of Caere. — About the same time three Etruscan towns took up arms against Roman encroachments. One