 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Chinyorwa chekare chakanyorwa chevanhu ichi chibvumirano nevaRoma kubva muna 354 BC, icho chakamisa muganho wavo paRwizi rweLiris. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, hondo dzeSamnite dzakatanga; vakakunda muhondo inokosha kurwisana neuto reRoma muna 321 BC, uye umambo hwavo hwakasvika pakakwirira muna 316 BC, mushure mokunge vawanazve kubva kuvaRoma. Pakazosvika 290 BC, vaRoma vakakwanisa kuputsa simba revaSamnite pashure pokurwisana zvakaoma. VaSamnite vaiva vamwe vevanhu vokuItaly vakabatana naMambo Pyrrhus weEpirus muHondo yePyrrhic. Pashure pokunge Pyrrhus aenda kuSicily, vaRoma vakapinda muSamnium uye vakaparadzwa muHondo yeCranita makomo, asi pashure pokukundwa kwaPyrrhus, vaSamnites havana kukwanisa kurwisa vari voga uye vakazvipa kuRoma. Vamwe vavo vakabatana uye vakabatsira Hannibal muHondo yechipiri yePunic, asi vakawanda vakaramba vakavimbika kuRoma. VaSamnite nevamwe vanhu vakati kuti vokuItaly vakapandukira Roma ndokutanga Hondo yeVanhu, pashure pokunge vaRoma varamba kuvapa ugari hweRoma. Hondo yacho yakatora anenge makore mana, uye yakaguma nokukunda kweRoma. Zvisinei, vaSamnite nedzimwe ndudzi dzeItaly vakapiwa ugari hweRoma, kuti vadzivise imwe hondo. VaSamnite vakatsigira vaPopulares muhondo yevagari vemo vairwa naLucius Cornelius Sulla, asi zvinosuruvarisa kwavari, Sulla akapedzisira akunda hondo uye akanzi mutongi weRoma. Sulla akarayira vose vaipesana naye kuti varangwe. Zviuru zvavanhu muRoma nomuItaly yose zvakapondwa noutsinye ndokuurawa. VaSamnite, avo vakanga vari vamwe vatsigiri vakatanhamara zvikurusa vePopulares, vakarangwa zvakakomba kwazvo zvokuti kwakanyorwa kuti, mamwe amaguta avo zvino apera kuva misha, mamwe zvamazvirokwazvo achisiyiwa chose chose. VaSamnite havana kuzova nebasa rinokosha munhau pashure peizvi, uye pakupedzisira vakava vaLatin uye vakabatanidzwa munyika yeRoma. 