Italic peoples

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The Italic peoples were ancient Indo-European groups of the Italian Peninsula, including the Latins and others, whose cultures and societies laid the foundations for Roman civilization.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Italic cultural area 1
Romance peoples 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European people
ancient people
conqueredBy Roman Republic
continent Europe
cultureInfluenced Latin culture
Roman Antiquity
surface form: Roman civilization

Roman law
Roman religion
Roman social institutions
economyBasedOn agriculture
pastoralism
trade
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Italic languages
flourishedDuring first millennium BC
graduallyAssimilatedInto Roman people
includesEthnicGroup Volsci
surface form: Aequi

Bruttii
Falisci
Frentani
Hernici
Latins
Lucani
Marrucini
Oscan-speaking peoples
Paeligni
Dolopes
surface form: Picentes

Sabines
Samnites
Umbrians
Veneti
Vestini
Volsci
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
legacy formation of Romance-speaking Europe
foundation of Roman ethnic identity
spread of Latin language
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
Italy
neighbourOf Celts in northern Italy
Etruscans
Greek colonists in Italy
Ligurians
partOf ancient Italy
politicalOrganization city-states
federations of tribes
tribal societies
relatedTo Celtic peoples
Germanic peoples
Illyrians
surface form: Illyrian peoples
religion polytheism
pre-Roman Italic religion
spoke Aequian language
Bruttian language
Faliscan language
Frentani language
Hernican language
Italic languages
Latin language
Lucanian language
Marrucinian language
North Picene language
Oscan language
Paelignian language
Sabine language
Samnite language
South Picene language
Osco-Umbrian languages
surface form: Umbrian language

Venetic language
Vestinian language
Volscian language
timePeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age

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Italic languages areSpokenBy Italic peoples
Abellano boundary stone associatedWith Italic peoples
Picenum culturalRegionOf Italic peoples
Aurunci ethnicGroup Italic peoples
Samnites ethnicGroup Italic peoples
Sidicini ethnicGroup Italic peoples
Vestini ethnicGroup Italic peoples
Marrucini ethnicGroupOf Italic peoples
Volsci ethnicGroupOf Italic peoples
Bruttians partOf Italic peoples
South Picene people partOf Italic peoples
this entity surface form: Italic cultural area
Slavs relatedEthnicGroup Italic peoples
this entity surface form: Romance peoples