Lucanians

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ancient Italic people

The Lucanians were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the region of Lucania in southern Italy and were known for their Oscan language and conflicts with Greek colonies and later Rome.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lucanians canonical 21
Lucanian tribes 2
Lucanian 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people ⓘ
alliedWith Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal

Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence Lucanian tomb paintings ⓘ
Oscan inscriptions ⓘ
fortified hill settlements ⓘ
conflictedWith Poseidonia ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Taras (Tarentum) ⓘ
surface form: Tarentines

Thurii ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Greek colonies ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
culture Oscan culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
control of inland trade routes ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicity Italic ⓘ
eventualStatus Roman citizens ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Lucania ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
knownFor conflicts with Greek colonies in Magna Graecia ⓘ
use of Oscan inscriptions ⓘ
wars with the Roman Republic ⓘ
languageBranch Sabellic languages ⓘ
surface form: Sabellian languages
languageFamily Oscan-Umbrian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Basilicata ⓘ
parts of Calabria ⓘ
parts of Campania ⓘ
lostAutonomy after Roman conquest in 3rd century BC ⓘ
mainLanguage Oscan language ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic warrior aristocracy ⓘ
neighboringPeople Bruttians ⓘ
Campanians ⓘ
Greek colonists of Magna Graecia ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
origin Samnite-related Oscan tribes ⓘ
participatedIn Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
partOf Oscan culture ⓘ
surface form: Oscan peoples
politicalOrganization tribal federation ⓘ
regionNameEtymology gave name to Lucania ⓘ
religion Italic paganism ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
romanization gradual after 3rd century BC ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BC to 1st century BC ⓘ
writingSystem Oscan alphabet ⓘ
adapted Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bantia → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Lucanians ⓘ
Tarentum → involvedInConflictWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman conquest of southern Italy → opponent → Lucanians ⓘ
Croton → laterCameUnderControlOf → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → belligerent → Lucanians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucanian tribes
ancient Italy → inhabitedBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Marsic War → hasParticipant → Lucanians ⓘ
Apulians → neighboringPeople → Lucanians ⓘ
Paestum → conqueredBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Heraclea → underControlOf → Lucanians ⓘ
Thurii → hadConflictWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Thurii → sufferedAttackBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Oenotrians → absorbedBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Oenotrians → neighboringPeoples → Lucanians ⓘ
Banzi → hasHeritage → Lucanians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucanian
Oscan culture → associatedWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Taras → foughtAgainst → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus → alliedWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → conflictBetween → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → hasParticipant → Lucanians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucanian tribes
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → opponent → Lucanians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucanian League
Manius Curius Dentatus → defeated → Lucanians ⓘ
Socii (Italian allies) → includes → Lucanians ⓘ
Lucanian red-figure pottery → culture → Lucanians ⓘ