Vestini

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The Vestini were an ancient Italic tribe that inhabited the central Apennine region of Italy, particularly in what is now Abruzzo, during the pre-Roman and early Roman periods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic tribe
ancient people
archaeologicalSite Penne
capital Velia
surface form: Pinna Vestinorum
category Ancient peoples of Italy
History of Abruzzo
continent Europe
country Italy
culture Italic culture
disappearance assimilated into Roman population
economy agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroup Italic peoples
event Social War
integratedInto Italia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Italy

Roman Republic
knownFrom Latin inscriptions
Pliny the Elder
Claudius Ptolemaeus
surface form: Ptolemy

Strabo
ancient Roman authors
languageFamily Italic languages
locatedIn Abruzzo NERFINISHED
Italy
Abruzzi Apennines
surface form: central Apennines
mainSettlement Pinna Vestinorum
militaryRole suppliers of Roman auxiliary troops
modernRegionCorrespondence Abruzzo NERFINISHED
neighboringTribe Marrucini
Marsi
Paeligni
Picentes
Sabines
partOf Sabellian
surface form: Sabellian tribes

ancient Italy
politicalStatus Roman socii
allies of Rome
region central Italy
religion ancient Italic religion
romanization gradual
spokeLanguage Sabellic languages
surface form: Sabellian language

Vestinian language
timePeriod early Roman period
pre-Roman period
writingSystem Italic alphabet
Latin alphabet

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Marrucini neighboringPeople Vestini
Social War opponent Vestini