Lucani

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ancient Italic people tribe

The Lucani were an ancient Italic people of southern Italy, closely related to the Samnites and known for their distinctive Lucanian culture and involvement in conflicts with Greek colonies and Rome.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lucanians	1
ancient Lucania	1
derived from region name Lucania	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Italic people ⓘ tribe ⓘ
alliedWith	Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ surface form: Hannibal Samnites ⓘ
artStyle	Lucanian red-figure vase painting ⓘ
burialCustoms	painted chamber tombs ⓘ
capitalOrMainCenter	Grumentum ⓘ Paestum ⓘ Potentia ⓘ
conflictedWith	Magna Graecia ⓘ surface form: Greek colonies of Magna Graecia Metapontum ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ Thurii ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
culture	Lucanian culture ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ raiding and warfare ⓘ
ethnicity	Italic ⓘ
ethnonymOrigin	Lucani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: derived from region name Lucania
eventuallyBecame	Roman allies ⓘ Roman citizens ⓘ
governedBy	tribal aristocracy ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek culture ⓘ Oscan culture ⓘ surface form: Samnite culture
inhabitedRegion	Lucania ⓘ southern Italy ⓘ
knownFor	Lucanian painted tombs ⓘ Lucanian red-figure pottery ⓘ conflicts with Greek colonies in Magna Graecia ⓘ wars with Rome ⓘ
languageFamily	Sabellic languages ⓘ surface form: Sabellian languages
laterSubjectTo	Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Basilicata ⓘ parts of Campania ⓘ
opposed	Roman Republic ⓘ
participatedIn	Pyrrhic War ⓘ Roman–Samnite Wars ⓘ surface form: Samnite Wars Second Punic War ⓘ
partOf	ancient peoples of Magna Graecia hinterland ⓘ
relatedTo	Samnites ⓘ
religion	Italic paganism ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
socialStructure	warrior aristocracy ⓘ
spokeLanguage	Oscan language ⓘ surface form: Oscan
timePeriod	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lucania → ethnicallyAssociatedWith → Lucani ⓘ

Lucani → ethnonymOrigin → Lucani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: derived from region name Lucania

Italic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Lucani ⓘ

Lucania → inhabitedBy → Lucani ⓘ

Samnites → neighboringPeople → Lucani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucanians

Bruttii → neighbouringPeople → Lucani ⓘ

Social War → opponent → Lucani ⓘ

Bantia → partOf → Lucani ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Lucania