Bruttians

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ancient Italic people ancient ethnic group

The Bruttians were an ancient Italic people of southern Italy, known for their role in regional conflicts during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bruttians canonical	13
Bruttian tribes	2
Bruttian people	1
Bruttian rulers	1
Lucanians	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Italic people ⓘ ancient ethnic group ⓘ
activeDuringPeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: Roman Republic era
alliedWith	Punic (Carthaginian) people ⓘ surface form: Carthaginians Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal
archaeologicalEvidence	coinage issued in their name ⓘ inscriptions in Oscan ⓘ
capitalOrMainCenter	Consentia ⓘ Petelia ⓘ Rhegium ⓘ
coinageScript	Greek alphabet ⓘ
culturalInfluence	influenced by Greek culture of Magna Graecia ⓘ influenced by neighboring Lucanians ⓘ
declineCause	Roman conquest and administrative reorganization ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ brigandage and mercenary service (as reported by ancient sources) ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
ethnogenesis	formed from Lucanian and local Italic elements ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Greek city-states of Magna Graecia ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
knownFor	alliance with Carthage during the Second Punic War ⓘ conflicts with Greek colonies in Magna Graecia ⓘ participation in regional conflicts in southern Italy ⓘ
laterStatusUnderRome	integrated into Roman citizen body ⓘ
locatedInThePresentDay	Calabria ⓘ
mentionedBy	Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Livy ⓘ Pliny the Elder ⓘ Strabo ⓘ
modernEquivalentIdentity	no direct modern ethnic continuity as a distinct people ⓘ
nativeTo	Bruttium ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
partOf	Italic peoples ⓘ
regionNameEtymology	gave name to the region Bruttium ⓘ
religion	Italic paganism ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
spokeLanguage	Oscan ⓘ
spokeLanguageFamily	Italic languages ⓘ
statusUnderRome	allied people without full citizenship initially ⓘ
subjugatedBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
subjugationCentury	3rd century BC ⓘ
successorTerritorialEntity	Regio III Lucania et Bruttii ⓘ surface form: Roman region of Bruttium
territoryIncluded	Ionian coast of southern Italy ⓘ Sila Mountains ⓘ Tyrrhenian Sea coast ⓘ surface form: Tyrrhenian coast of southern Italy

Referenced by (18)

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

Oscan language → spokenBy → Bruttians ⓘ

Lucania → hasPeople → Bruttians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucanians

Croton → laterCameUnderControlOf → Bruttians ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Bruttians ⓘ

ancient Italy → inhabitedBy → Bruttians ⓘ

Thurii → sufferedAttackBy → Bruttians ⓘ

Terina → laterControlledBy → Bruttians ⓘ

Oenotrians → absorbedBy → Bruttians ⓘ

Oenotrians → neighboringPeoples → Bruttians ⓘ

Petelia → principalCenterOf → Bruttians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bruttian people

Petelia → governedBy → Bruttians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bruttian rulers

Oscan culture → associatedWith → Bruttians ⓘ

Roman campaigns against the Bruttii → conflictWith → Bruttians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bruttian tribes

Roman campaigns against the Bruttii → opponent → Bruttians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bruttian tribes

Pyrrhus of Epirus → alliedWith → Bruttians ⓘ

Manius Curius Dentatus → defeated → Bruttians ⓘ

Lucanians → neighboringPeople → Bruttians ⓘ

Socii (Italian allies) → includes → Bruttians ⓘ