Editing Roman Republic (section)

====Early campaigns====
[[File:Capitoline Brutus Musei Capitolini MC1183 02.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|left|The "[[Capitoline Brutus]]", a [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] possibly depicting [[Lucius Junius Brutus]], who led the revolt against Rome's last king and was a founder of the Republic.]]
[[File:Roman Empire map.ogv|thumb|left|Animated overview of the Roman territorial history from the Roman Republic until the fall of its last remnant the [[Byzantine Empire]] in 1453 at the end of the [[post-classical era]].]]

According to Rome's traditional histories, Tarquin made several attempts to retake the throne, including the [[Tarquinian conspiracy]], which involved Brutus's own sons, the [[Roman–Etruscan Wars#War with Veii and Tarquinii, after the overthrow of the monarchy in 509 BC|war with Veii and Tarquinii]], and finally the [[Roman–Etruscan Wars#War with Clusium in 508 BC|war between Rome and Clusium]]. The attempts to restore the monarchy did not succeed.{{sfn|Cornell|1995|pp=215–217}}

The first Roman republican wars [[Roman expansion in Italy|were wars of expansion]]. One by one, Rome defeated both the persistent [[Sabines]] and the local cities. Rome defeated its rival Latin cities in the [[Battle of Lake Regillus]] in 496&nbsp;BC, the Battle of [[Ariccia]] in 495&nbsp;BC, the [[Battle of Mount Algidus]] in 458&nbsp;BC, and the [[Battle of Corbio]] in 446&nbsp;BC. But it suffered a significant defeat at the [[Battle of the Cremera]] in 477&nbsp;BC, wherein it fought against the most important Etruscan city, [[Veii]]; this defeat was later avenged at the [[Battle of Veii]] in 396&nbsp;BC, wherein Rome destroyed the city.{{sfn|Flor. ''Epit.'' |loc=i.11–12}}{{sfn|Grant|1978|pp=37–41}} By the end of this period, Rome had effectively [[Roman conquest of Italy|completed the conquest]] of its immediate Etruscan and Latin neighbours and secured its position against the immediate threat posed by the nearby Apennine hill tribes.