Foedus Cassianum

Not only did it stipulate that there would be peace between the two parties, the treaty mandated that the Roman and Latin armies would be joined to provide mutual defence from Italic tribes.

The treaty, of which a bronze copy survived in the Roman Forum until Cicero's day, was a landmark in the early history of Rome.

A few fragmentary sentences from L. Cincius (as quoted by Festus) indicated that the Latins would meet at the spring of Ferentina to discuss the issue of command.

In addition, he describes the process followed "in a year when it was the responsibility of the Romans to supply a commander for the army by order of the Latin name".

[citation needed] The treaty strengthened Rome greatly, as it essentially added the military power of the Latins to the army of the fledgling Roman Republic.