Foreign Policy

The Romans generally at this point were wary of granting citizens in countries far off Roman citizenship (which entitled them to voting rights). Citizenship was mostly restricted to Rome and it's close neighbors, with the rest of Italy made allies w/out voting rights and they retained their independence (though they had to pay taxes and other things).

Foreign cities weren't given voting rights until 2nd Cent. AD.
 * Cities (particularly in Southern Italy) increasingly romanized; use more latin inscriptions, etc.
 * increasingly bearing tax burden during extensive wars