The Samnites (Oscan: Safineis) were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central...
Samnite is an adjective meaning "having to do with ancient Samnium." Samnite may also refer to: Samnites, the people of ancient Samnium Samnite (gladiator...
Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch...
The Samnites were an ancient Italic people who lived in modern south-central Italy, placing them between the Latins to the north and the Greek settlements...
Les Mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages) is an opéra comique, described as a drame lyrique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by...
language, also spoken by the Samnites of Southern Italy. Although the language of the Samnites was called Oscan, the Samnites were never referred to as Osci...
is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the Samnite Wars, began and completed the first section as a military road to the south...
period of the Third Samnite War, when Rome finally defeated a coalition of their neighbors: the Etruscans, the Umbrians, the Samnites, and their allies...
The military campaigns of the Samnite Wars were an important stage in Roman expansion in the Italian Peninsula. The Samnites were a group of hill-tribes...
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Third Samnite War: The consul Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens and the proconsuls Quintus...
Latin exonym for a region of Southern Italy anciently inhabited by the Samnites. Their own endonyms were Safinim for the country (attested in one inscription...
battle of the civil war between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and the Marians, Samnites and Lucanians. Sulla won the battle at the northeastern end of Rome, near...
the First Samnite War broke out between Rome and the Samnites over the control of Campania. According to Livy, this war originated in Samnite attacks on...
philosophy, etc. Meanwhile, the Roman Republic is embroiled in war against the Samnites, the Mauryan Empire continues to thrive in Ancient India, and the Kingdom...
at least the 7th century BC. Connected with the Pelasgi, the Volsci and Samnite people, it was captured by the Romans and granted civitas sine suffragio...
VIII of the town (the old town) as identified from stratigraphy below the Samnite and Roman buildings, as well as from the different and irregular street...
asserted its hegemony over southern Italy. By 290 BC, at the end of the three Samnite Wars, Rome had established her hegemony over parts of central and southern...
of Aquilonia and captures the city of Aquilonia during the Samnite retreat. The Samnites suffer 20,340 killed and 3870 captured in the Battle of Aquilonia...
the invasion of the Samnites. In agreeing to take the Lucanians under their protection, the Romans commit to war against the Samnites. Fulvius invades central...
Battle of Camerinum in 298 BC took place during the Third Samnite War. In the battle, the Samnites defeated a Roman legion under the command of the propraetor...
recognized as ruler of Macedonia. Third Samnite War: On a road connecting Roman and Samnite territory, the Samnites attack and nearly capture the camp of...
demolish its walls. Third Samnite War: The proconsul Q. Fabius Maximus Gurges and legate Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus besiege the Samnite town of Cominium Ocritum...
The Battle of Caudine Forks, 321 BC, was a decisive event of the Second Samnite War. Its designation as a battle is a mere historical formality: there...
Antiochus I Soter annointed as king of the Seleucid Syria Third Samnite War: The Samnites reappoint Gavius Pontius, the victor of the Battle of Caudine...
Samnium and defeat the Samnites in several engagements. The Samnites sue for peace, thus ending the Third Samnite War. The Samnites are recognised by the...
were mentioned for the first time in 343 BC, when the Samnites declared war on them. The Samnites sought to take Teano because of its position as a regional...
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