Aequians

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The Aequians were an ancient Italic people of central Italy who frequently clashed with early Rome and neighboring tribes during the early Republic.

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Label Occurrences
Aequi 5
Aequians canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
tribe
archaeologicalEvidence scarce and debated
areaOfActivity Latium Adiectum
surface form: Latium adiectum
capitalOrMainCenter Aequi town of Alba Fucens
conflictType border warfare
raids
conflictWith Roman Republic
Volsci
early Rome
continent Europe
culture Italic culture
ethnoLinguisticGroup Italic peoples
eventuallySubjugatedBy Roman Republic
fate gradual Romanization
historicalPeriod 4th century BC
5th century BC
early Roman Republic
knownFor frequent clashes with early Rome
mountain warfare
languageFamily Italic languages
locatedIn Italian Apennines
surface form: Apennine region

central Italy
mentionedBy Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy
Pliny the Elder
militaryCharacteristic hill-fort users
light infantry
neighborOf Romans
Sabines
Volsci
opposedBy Roman consuls
partOf ancient peoples of Italy
politicalOrganization tribal communities
politicalStatusAfterConquest assimilated into Roman state
primarySources Roman historians
regionToday Abruzzo
Lazio
religion ancient Italic polytheism
roleInRomanHistory early adversaries of Rome
status extinct people
territoryRegion Latium Adiectum
surface form: eastern Latium

upper Aniene valley
surface form: upper Anio valley

Abruzzo
surface form: western Abruzzo
timeOfDisappearance by late Roman Republic
typeOfName ethnonym

Referenced by (6)

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Volsci regionBordered Aequians
Volsci alliedWith Aequians
this entity surface form: Aequi
Hernici neighboringPeople Aequians
this entity surface form: Aequi
Latium Adiectum includesFormerTerritoryOf Aequians
this entity surface form: Aequi
Latini prisci neighboringPeople Aequians
this entity surface form: Aequi
Marsi neighboringPeople Aequians
this entity surface form: Aequi