The Italic Revolt

Breaks away: Italics from Rome, or whoever holds the eight towns at the time

Eight towns of central and southern Italy rise up and form a new faction, the Italics. It can only happen from turn 120 (241 BC), after the Gracchan reform, once the Roman factions have built enough colonies. The Italics are at war with Rome from the moment they appear.

It can happen in any campaign, whoever the player is.

What sets it off

From turn 120 (241 BC) onwards, once the Gracchan reform has taken place, the game counts the colony buildings (of either level) in every settlement held by Rome, the two Roman rebel factions and the Roman Senate, anywhere on the map; if there are at least 20, there is a 35% chance of the revolt, rolled at the end of every faction's turn.

What happens

Corfinium, Teate, Asculum, Bovianum, Venusia, Canusium, Grumentum and Larinum rebel at the start of the next turn, whoever owns them.
All eight pass to the new Italics faction, each with a strong garrison of Italic Skirmishers, Italic Cohort and Italic Equites.
When Corfinium goes over, the Italics receive 10,000 denarii.
At the start of the next round the Italics declare war on Rome and on the Roman factions that can break away from it in its civil wars.
The Italics stay at war with all of these: if they are ever at peace with one of them, they declare war again at the start of their turn.
The revolt happens only once per campaign.

The settlements that revolt (8):

Settlement	Held at the campaign start by	Settlement	Held at the campaign start by	Settlement	Held at the campaign start by
Corfinium	Rome	Teate	Rome	Asculum	Picentes
Bovianum	Samnites	Venusia	Rome	Canusium	Rome
Grumentum	Lucanians	Larinum	Rome

Playing as the rebels

No offer is made. The Italics cannot be played; they are always run by the AI.

Comes after: The Gracchan Reforms.

Opens the way to: The War of the Allies, The Late Republican Reforms, Named Legions are now available, The Roman Civil Wars.