Aurunci

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The Aurunci were an ancient Italic people of south-central Italy, known from early Roman history and associated with the Oscan-speaking cultural sphere.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aurunci canonical 13
Campanians 1
Lucanians 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
archaeologicalCulture Oscan archaeological horizon
associatedWith Aurunci Mountains
Gulf of Gaeta region
conflictWith Roman Republic
continent Europe
culturalSphere Italic Iron Age cultures
culture Oscan culture
describedIn early Roman history
economy agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroup Italic peoples
ethnonymInGreek Ausones
ethnonymInLatin Aurunci self-link
event defeat by the Romans
historicalStatus extinct people
inhabitedRegion Liris River valley
area between Latium and Campania
integratedInto Roman state
knownFrom Roman historical sources
languageFamily Oscan language
surface form: Oscan
locatedIn Campania
Latium
south-central Italy
mentionedBy Livy
Roman annalists
neighboringPeople Latins
Samnites
Sidicini
Volsci
oftenIdentifiedWith Ausones
partOf Oscan-speaking cultural sphere
ancient peoples of the Italian peninsula
pre-Roman peoples of Italy
politicalOrganization tribal communities
regionType mountainous and hilly territory
religion polytheism
sometimesDistinguishedFrom Ausones
subjugatedBy Roman Republic
timePeriod first millennium BCE
writingSystem Oscan alphabet

Referenced by (15)

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

Oscan language spokenBy Aurunci
Oscan language spokenBy Aurunci
this entity surface form: Campanians
Oscan language spokenBy Aurunci
this entity surface form: Lucanians
Sidicini neighbouringPeople Aurunci
Sidicini relatedPeople Aurunci
Aurunci ethnonymInLatin Aurunci self-link
Volsci regionBordered Aurunci
Osci relatedTo Aurunci
Ausones associatedWith Aurunci
Ausones identifiedWith Aurunci
Ausones relatedEthnicGroup Aurunci