South Picene people

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Italic people ancient people

The South Picene people were an ancient Italic population of central-eastern Italy known primarily from their distinctive inscriptions and material culture dating to the early first millennium BCE.

Aliases (1)

South Picene culture ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italic people → ancient people →
archaeologicalEvidence	ceramics → funerary monuments → inscribed stelae → metal objects →
associatedWith	Adriatic coast →
burialCustoms	stone stelae with inscriptions → tumulus graves →
continent	Europe →
culture	Italic culture →
economy	agriculture → local trade → pastoralism →
ethnicGroupOf	central-eastern Italy →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Sabellian peoples →
evidenceType	archaeological evidence → epigraphic evidence →
floruit	5th century BCE → 6th century BCE → 7th century BCE →
geographicalRange	central Adriatic Italy →
historicalStatus	pre-Roman people →
knownFrom	South Picene inscriptions → archaeological material culture →
language	South Picene language →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages → Italic languages →
laterIncorporatedInto	Roman Republic →
locatedInTime	early first millennium BCE →
materialCulture	bronze fibulae → ornamented pottery → weaponry in graves →
neighboringPeople	Etruscans → Latins → North Picene people → Sabines → Umbrians →
partOf	Italic cultural area → ancient Italy →
politicalOrganization	tribal communities →
region	Picenum →
religion	polytheism →
scriptType	Old Italic script →
timePeriod	Iron Age →
writingDirection	right-to-left →
writingSystem	South Picene script →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
South Picene alphabet ("South Picene culture") →	associatedWithArchaeologicalCulture
South Picene alphabet →	usedBy