Roman-Sardinian Wars

Roman-Sardinian Wars
Date 238 - 230 BC[1][2] 226 - 225 BC[3][4] 217 - 216 BC[5][6] 181 BC[7] 178 - 172 BC[8] 126 - 122 BC[9][10] 115 - 111 BC[11] 106 BC[12] 6 - 19 AD[13] Location Sardinia Result Roman victory Roman conquest of coastal Sardinia Roman failure to pacify the people of the interior (Barbaria) Territorial changes Conquest and occupation of coastal Sardinia, while the interior resists conquest
Belligerents
Roman Republic, succeeded by Roman Empire	Principal belligerents: Ilienses Balares Corsi Other belligerents: Acconites Parates Norenses Cunusitanes Celsitanes Galillenses Siculenses Aechilenenses Euthichenses Uddadhaddaritanes Allies: Carthage

The Roman-Sardinian Wars (Latin: Bellum Sardum^[14]) were a series of conflicts in Sardinia between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD. These wars pitted the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire against the major Sardinian tribes: the Ilienses (later Ioles or Diagesbes), the Balares and the Corsi (located in today's Gallura),^[15] in a struggle for control of the coastal cities.

The island, especially the mountainous interior (also known as Barbaria, "land of the Barbarians"), was never completely pacified by the Romans. In contrast, the coasts, known as Romania ("land of the Romans"), were significantly influenced by the Romans during their centuries of dominion. The Roman presence was eventuallyu eroded by the arrival of the Vandals; however, these new invaders were likewise unable to take control of the interior and consequently settled in the coastal cities for at least 80 years.^[16] The Byzantines then arrived in Sardinia, struggling with the peoples of Barbaria for a period, before finally signing a peace treaty with Hospiton, chief of the Ilienses.^[17]