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
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|
| 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
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|
| 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 → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Tabula Bantina
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associatedWithPlace |
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Lucania
→
|
majorCity |
|
Oscan language
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|
majorInscriptionSite |
|
Tabula Bantina
→
|
namedAfter |