Marsi tribe

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The Marsi tribe was an ancient Italic people of central Italy, noted for their role in the Social War against Rome and their reputation as fierce warriors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
tribe
associatedDeity Angitia NERFINISHED
continent Europe
culture Italic tribal culture
economy agriculture (probable)
pastoralism (probable)
ethnoLinguisticGroup Italic peoples NERFINISHED
ethnonymOrigin ancient Italic
eventEndBy Romanization under Roman rule
eventStartBefore Social War (91–88 BCE) NERFINISHED
geographicFeature Apennine Mountains NERFINISHED
Lake Fucinus basin NERFINISHED
knownFor knowledge of snake-charming and antidotes (in Roman tradition)
reputation as fierce warriors
role in the Social War against Rome
skill in guerrilla-style warfare
languageFamily Italic languages NERFINISHED
laterStatus integrated into the Roman state
locatedIn central Italy NERFINISHED
mainSettlementRegion Apennine region of central Italy NERFINISHED
area around Lake Fucinus
mentionedBy Livy NERFINISHED
Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED
Strabo
militaryReputation brave
warlike
neighboringPeople Marrucini NERFINISHED
Peligni NERFINISHED
Sabines NERFINISHED
Samnites NERFINISHED
Vestini NERFINISHED
opponentInWar Roman Republic NERFINISHED
participatedIn Social War NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Italy NERFINISHED
politicalOrganization tribal community
regionToday Abruzzo NERFINISHED
Lazio NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Sabellians NERFINISHED
religion Italic polytheism
roleInSocialWar leading insurgent people against Rome
soughtRomanCitizenship true
spokeLanguage Oscan-Umbrian language (probable)
statusAfterSocialWar granted Roman citizenship (as Italian allies)
timePeriod Roman Republican period NERFINISHED
pre-Roman Italy

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