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The Samnites (Oscan: Safineis) were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in moderns Abruzzo and Molise in south-central Italy. An Oscan-speaking people who probably originated as an offshoot of the Sabines, they formed a confederation consisting of four tribes: the
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See moreAt an uncertain point in prehistory, a population speaking a common language extended over both Samnium and Umbria. Edward Togo Salmon, a historian who studied the Samnites, conjectures that this common language was
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See moreOrigins and early history
According to a Samnite myth their civilization originated from a group of exiles. To the honor the god Mars, Umbrians who had been captured as babies were sent away as colonists once they had reached...
See moreEconomy
Most of Samnium consisted of rugged and mountainous terrain lacking in natural resources. Resulting in a mixed economy focused on using the...
See more• Salmon, Edward Togo. Samnium and the Samnites. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
• Forsythe, Gary. A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005....
See moreLeaders of the Samnites
• Gaius Pontius ca. 320s BC
• Gellius Egnatius ca. 296 BC
• Herenius Pontius, a Samnite philosopher.
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See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licenseWas this helpful?Thanks! Give more feedback Samnite is an adjective meaning "having to do with ancient Samnium."
Samnite may also refer to:
• Samnites, the people of ancient Samnium
• Samnite (gladiator type), a gladiator who fought with the equipment and in the manner of a Samnite soldierWikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- People also ask
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