The town was made a MUNICIPIUM, the first of its kind.
The inhabitants, being of foreign blood and language, were not allowed the full rights of Roman citizenship, but were permitted to govern their own city in local matters as they wished.

Many towns were subsequently made MUNICIPIA.

Their inhabitants were called CIVES SINE SUFFRAGIO, "citizens without suffrage." During the next ten years (353-343) Rome subdued all the lowland countries as far south as TARRACINA.

To the north, across the Tiber, she had acquired most of the territory belonging to VEII and CAPENA.
In 354 she formed her first connections beyond the Liris, by a treaty with the SAMNITES, a race that had established itself in the mountainous districts of Central Italy.

This people, spreading over the southern half of Italy, had in 423 captured the Etruscan city of CAPUA, and three years later the Greek city of CUMAE.