Pensare l'Italia, progettare Roma. Hard power, suasione, soft power: i tria corda della grande strategia romana tra III guerra sannitica e I guerra punica

Between 290 and 264 BC, Rome shows a precise grand strategy: in order to achieve political control of Italy, it uses an organic project of garrisons. In the Northen-Central quadrant, military force is multiplied by latent suasion of colonies; in the Southern quadrant, the soft power resulting from fides increases the hard power of Rome, especially on cities of Magna Graecia.