Bantia

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Bantia was an ancient Oscan-speaking city in southern Italy, notable for yielding important inscriptions that illuminate the Oscan language and Italic legal traditions.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
archaeologicalFind architectural remains
bronze tablet with Oscan text
ceramic material
inscribed stone monuments
associatedWithEthnicGroup Lucanians
associatedWithPeople Oscan-speaking Italic peoples
country Italy
culture Oscan-speaking population
hasEvidenceFor Italic law
Roman municipal law
hasLanguageEvidenceFor Oscan language
hasSubjectOfStudy Italic languages
Roman provincial administration
ancient law
historicalStatus Roman municipium
inscriptionLanguage Oscan
inscriptionScript Latin alphabet
knownFor Italic legal traditions
Oscan inscriptions
Tabula Bantina
epigraphic evidence
legalText criminal law provisions
municipal law code
procedural regulations
public law provisions
locatedIn Basilicata
Lucania
province of Potenza
southern Italy
mentionedIn classical scholarship on Oscan
studies of Italic epigraphy
modernSiteNear Banzi
Basilicata region
partOf Italic world
ancient Lucania
regionType ancient Italic city-state
significance key source for Italic epigraphy
key source for Oscan linguistics
key source for study of Romanization in southern Italy
spokenLanguage Oscan
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
pre-Roman Italy


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