Marrucini

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The Marrucini were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with neighboring peoples like the Marsi and Paeligni and later incorporated into the Roman state.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Marrucinian 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic tribe
ancient people
alliedWith Rome
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions
sanctuaries
settlement remains
associatedWith Roman Empire
Roman Republic
capital Teate Marrucinorum
continent Europe
country Italy
culture Italic culture
describedBy Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
ethnicGroupOf Italic peoples
ethnicIdentity Samnite-related group
ethnonymForm Marrucini self-link
ethnonymLanguage Latin
eventualOutcome assimilation into Roman population
grantedStatus Roman citizenship
historicalPeriod Roman Republican era
early Roman Empire
pre-Roman Italy
incorporatedInto Roman state
languageFamily Italic languages
laterRomanAdministrativeUnit Regio IV Samnium
locatedIn Central Italy
surface form: central Italy
locatedNear Adriatic Sea
locatedOn eastern slopes of the Apennines
mainSettlement Teate Marrucinorum
militaryRole supplied troops to Roman armies
modernLocation Chieti
neighboringPeople Frentani
Marsi
Paeligni
Vestini
participatedIn Social War
partOf ancient Italy
politicalIntegration municipalization under Rome
politicalOrganization tribal community
region Abruzzo NERFINISHED
religion ancient Italic religion
river Aternus
territoryCharacteristic agricultural land
hilly terrain

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marrucini ethnonymForm Marrucini self-link
Sabellian hasPart Marrucini
this entity surface form: Marrucinian
Vestini neighboringTribe Marrucini
Social War opponent Marrucini