Samnium

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ancient Italic region historical region

Samnium was an ancient region of south-central Italy inhabited by the Samnites, an Oscan-speaking Italic people known for their wars with the Roman Republic.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Italic region → historical region →
archaeologicalCulture	Samnite culture →
associatedLanguageFamily	Italic languages →
associatedWritingSystem	Oscan alphabet →
borders	Apulia → Bruttium → Campania → Latium → Lucania → Picenum →
capital	Bovianum →
conflictWith	Roman Republic →
conqueredBy	Roman Republic →
contains	Apennine Mountains → Matese mountains →
country	Roman Republic →
era	ancient history →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Oscan-speaking Italic people →
hasEthnonym	Samnite →
incorporatedAs	Roman province of Samnium →
influenced	Roman military tactics →
inhabitedBy	Samnites →
knownFor	Samnite Wars →
language	Oscan →
laterAdministrativeUnit	Regio IV Samnium →
locatedIn	Italian Peninsula → south-central Italy →
majorSettlement	Aesernia → Allifae → Bovianum → Maleventum → Saepinum → Telesia → Venafrum →
militaryReputation	warrior society →
militaryUnitType	Samnite infantry →
modernCountry	Italy →
modernRegionOverlap	Abruzzo → Apulia → Campania → Molise →
partOf	ancient Italy →
people	Samnites →
religion	ancient Italic polytheism →
romanization	3rd century BC →
traversedBy	Biferno River → Sangro River → Volturno River →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lucania →	borderedBy
Latium →	borders
Osco-Umbrian languages →	geographicDistribution
ancient Italy →	hasPart
Battle of Beneventum →	place
Oscan language →	region
Sabellian →	spokenIn
Samnites →	territory
Oscan alphabet →	usedInRegion