Bruttii

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The Bruttii were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the southernmost part of the Italian peninsula, particularly in what is now Calabria, and played a notable role in the region’s Hellenistic and Roman-era history.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
ancient ethnic group
alliedWith Carthage
Hannibal
capitalOrMajorCenter Consentia
culturalInfluence influenced by Greek culture of Magna Graecia
demise lost political autonomy under Roman rule
economy agriculture
control of mountain and coastal routes
pastoralism
ethnicity Italic
geographicalFeature Apennine Mountains
Ionian Sea coast
Tyrrhenian Sea coast
historicalSource Diodorus Siculus
Livy
Polybius
Strabo
inhabitedRegion Bruttium
modern Calabria
southern Italian peninsula
knownFor conflicts with Greek colonies in Magna Graecia
inhabiting the toe of Italy
role in wars between Rome and Carthage
support for Hannibal during the Second Punic War
languageFamily Italic languages
legacy ethnonym preserved in regional toponyms of Calabria
locatedInPresentDay Italy
majorCity Consentia
Petelia
Rhegium
Vibo Valentia NERFINISHED
neighbouringPeople Greeks of Magna Graecia
Lucani
Samnites
opposedBy Roman Republic
politicalStatus Roman allied people
Roman subject people
tribal confederation
regionNameEtymology gave name to the Roman region Bruttium
romanization gradually integrated into Roman state
granted Roman citizenship over time
timePeriod 4th century BC
Hellenistic period
Roman Empire
Roman Republic


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