Samnites

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ancient Italic people

The Samnites were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known for their fierce resistance against Roman expansion during the Samnite Wars.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Oscan peoples 3
Samnite tribes 2
Oscan-speaking Samnites 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Bovianum ⓘ
surface form: Bovianum Vetus

Pietrabbondante ⓘ
capital Bovianum ⓘ
conflict Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Samnite War

Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Samnite War

Social War ⓘ
Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Third Samnite War
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalPractice hill-fort settlements ⓘ
use of Oscan inscriptions ⓘ
warrior aristocracy ⓘ
defeatedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
endOfIndependence early 1st century BC ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italic peoples ⓘ
incorporatedInto Roman Republic ⓘ
knownFor Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ
surface form: Samnite Wars against Rome

resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
language Oscan ⓘ
languageFamily Osco-Umbrian languages ⓘ
legacy influence on Roman military equipment ⓘ
place names in southern Italy ⓘ
mainCity Aesernia ⓘ
Bovianum ⓘ
Maleventum ⓘ
Telesia ⓘ
militaryEquipment body armor ⓘ
bronze helmet ⓘ
oval shield ⓘ
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare in mountainous terrain ⓘ
militaryUnit Samnite heavy infantry ⓘ
Samnite infantry ⓘ
Samnite mercenaries in foreign armies ⓘ
modernLocation Abruzzo ⓘ
Apulia ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Molise ⓘ
neighboringPeople Apulians ⓘ
Campanians ⓘ
Lucani ⓘ
surface form: Lucanians

Romans ⓘ
pantheon Heracles ⓘ
surface form: Hercules

Jupiter ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
surface form: Mars
politicalStatus Roman allies ⓘ
Roman enemies ⓘ
Roman subjects ⓘ
federal tribal league ⓘ
region Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: south-central Italy
religion Italic polytheism ⓘ
subgroup Caraceni ⓘ
Caudini ⓘ
Paeligni ⓘ
surface form: Hirpini

Pentri ⓘ
territory Samnium ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
4th century BC ⓘ
early 1st century BC ⓘ
tribalConfederation Samnites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samnite League

Referenced by (29)

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

Lucani → alliedWith → Samnites ⓘ
Volsci → alliedWith → Samnites ⓘ
Tabula Bantina → associatedWith → Samnites ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → belligerent → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samnite tribes
this entity surface form: Oscan peoples
Cumae → conqueredBy → Samnites ⓘ
Lucania → conqueredBy → Samnites ⓘ
Capua → ethnicGroupInHistory → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscan-speaking Samnites
Pompeii → foundedBy → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscan peoples
Samnium → hasEthnonym → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samnite
Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Samnites ⓘ
Samnium → inhabitedBy → Samnites ⓘ
ancient Italy → inhabitedBy → Samnites ⓘ
Pompeii → laterControlledBy → Samnites ⓘ
Aurunci → neighboringPeople → Samnites ⓘ
Bruttii → neighbouringPeople → Samnites ⓘ
Sidicini → neighbouringPeople → Samnites ⓘ
Social War → opponent → Samnites ⓘ
Sidicini → partOf → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscan peoples
Samnium → people → Samnites ⓘ
Sidicini → relatedPeople → Samnites ⓘ
Lucani → relatedTo → Samnites ⓘ
Oscan language → spokenBy → Samnites ⓘ
Sabellic languages → spokenBy → Samnites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samnite tribes
Samnites → tribalConfederation → Samnites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samnite League