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.

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Label Occurrences
Samnium canonical 47

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 Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Apennine Mountains

Matese mountains ⓘ
country Roman Republic ⓘ
era ancient history ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Oscan-speaking Italic people ⓘ
hasEthnonym Samnites ⓘ
surface form: Samnite
incorporatedAs Roman province of Samnium ⓘ
influenced Roman military tactics ⓘ
inhabitedBy Samnites ⓘ
knownFor Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Samnite Wars
language Oscan ⓘ
laterAdministrativeUnit Picenum ⓘ
surface form: Regio IV Samnium
locatedIn Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: 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 (47)

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

Oscan language → region → Samnium ⓘ
Oscan alphabet → usedInRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Osco-Umbrian languages → geographicDistribution → Samnium ⓘ
Latium → borders → Samnium ⓘ
Samnites → territory → Samnium ⓘ
Lucania → borderedBy → Samnium ⓘ
Battle of Beneventum → place → Samnium ⓘ
ancient Italy → hasPart → Samnium ⓘ
Sabellian → spokenIn → Samnium ⓘ
Corfinium → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Gaius Papius Mutilus → regionOfActivity → Samnium ⓘ
Beneventum → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Latium Adiectum → borderedBy → Samnium ⓘ
Samnite-Oscan world → coreRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Samnite law → practicedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Bovianum → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Bovianum → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Maleventum → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Allifae → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Saepinum → locatedInRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Saepinum → partOf → Samnium ⓘ
Venafrum → locatedInRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Roman province of Samnium → namedAfter → Samnium ⓘ
Roman province of Samnium → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Pentri → partOf → Samnium ⓘ
Caraceni → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Amiternum → locatedInAncientRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Sulla’s Second Civil War → hasLocation → Samnium ⓘ
Aesernia → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Telesia → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Telesia → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Caudini → ethnicGroupOf → Samnium ⓘ
Caudini → locatedInThePast → Samnium ⓘ
Sangro River → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Italia (Roman province) → contains → Samnium ⓘ
Pietrabbondante → regionOfAncientWorld → Samnium ⓘ
Biferno River → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Roman–Samnite Wars → involvedPolity → Samnium ⓘ
Roman–Samnite Wars → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Volturno River → locatedIn → Samnium ⓘ
Volturno River → historicalRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Sullan civil war → location → Samnium ⓘ
Province of Benevento → hasHistoricRegion → Samnium ⓘ
Hannibal (temporarily influenced region) → hasPart → Samnium ⓘ
Regio IV Samnium → namedAfter → Samnium ⓘ
Regio IV Samnium → historicalRegionOf → Samnium ⓘ
Sabellic → geographicContext → Samnium ⓘ