<Li> Sulla moved to the offensive--he defeated a Samnite army, at Nola, and besieged the town of Pompeii </Li> <Li> Recovered some of the major cities in Campania </Li> <P> By 88 BC, the war was largely over except for the Samnites, the old rivals of Rome, who still held out . It is likely that the war would have continued a lot longer had Rome not made concessions to their allies . </P> <P> L. Julius Caesar sponsored the Lex Julia during his consulship which he carried before his office ended . The law offered full citizenship to all Latin and Italian communities who had not revolted . </P>

The 'social wars' were a direct result of this