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The territory of the Vestini in a 1624 map by Philip Clüver published in Italia Antiqua.
Vestini country, looking inland at Gran Sasso from Pescara.

Vestini (Latin: Vestīni[1]) were an Italic tribe who occupied the area of the modern Abruzzo (central Italy), included between the Gran Sasso and the northern bank of the Aterno river. Their main centres were Pitinum (near modern L'Aquila), Aufinum (Ofena), Peltuinum (Prata d'Ansidonia), Pinna (Penne) and Aternum (Pescara, shared with the Marrucini).

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Vestinian language

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the Vestini, who occupied the region within current Abruzzo from Gran Sasso to the Adriatic Sea in east-central Italy during that time. Vestini is the...

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Italians

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Pentri, Caraceni, Caudini, Hirpini, Aequi, Fidenates, Hernici, Picentes, Vestini, Morgeti, Sicels, Veneti); Iapygians (Messapians, Daunians, Peucetians);...

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Marrucini

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Civitas Danzica (Rapino), and the port of Aternum (Pescara), shared with the Vestini. The tribe is first mentioned in history as a member of a confederacy with...

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List of ancient peoples of Italy

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south-western coast of Italy. Bruttii Oenotri Itali Morgetes Others Aequi Hernici Vestini Euganei The Celts of the Italian peninsula included, Cisalpine Gauls -...

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Angitia

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Iguvine Tablets, and in inscriptions in the territories of the Paeligni, Vestini, and Sabines. She is mentioned along with Angerona in one inscription,...

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Navelli

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medieval villages located in a territory inhabited in historic times by the Vestini Italic tribe. Church of San Sebastiano Palazzo Santucci Rural churches...

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Sabellians

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first applied by Niebuhr and encompassed the Sabines, Marsi, Marrucini and Vestini. Pliny in one passage says the Samnites were also called Sabelli, and this...

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Paeligni

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mentioned as a member of a confederacy that included the Marsi, Marrucini, and Vestini, with which the Romans came into conflict in the Second Samnite War, 325...

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Aufina

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ancient city of the Vestini, mentioned by Pliny (iii. 12. s. 17), who enumerates the Aufinates Cismontani among the communities of the Vestini; and states that...

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Samnite Wars

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Italy) allied with Rome. News of an alliance between the Samnites and the Vestini (Sabellians who lived by the Adriatic coast, to the north-east of Samnium)...

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List of historical states of Italy

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Pentri Caraceni Caudini Hirpini Others: Aequi Fidenates Hernici Picentes Vestini Sicels Venetics Ligures Sardinians Greek-speaking peoples of Southern Italy...

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Marsi

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inscriptions. The Marsi were first mentioned as members of a confederacy with the Vestini, Paeligni and Marrucini. They joined the Samnites in 308 BC, and, on their...

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Liri

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the former writer erroneously assigns its sources to the country of the Vestini; an opinion which is adopted also by Lucan. The surrounding area was devastated...

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Pescara

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Pescara's origins precede the Roman conquest. It was founded to be the port of Vestini and Marrucini tribes to trade with the peoples of the Orient, a supporting...

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Timeline of Roman history

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War (91–87 BC): The Roman clients in Italy the Marsi, the Paeligni, the Vestini, the Marrucini, the Picentes, the Frentani, the Hirpini, the Iapyges, Pompeii...

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Peltuinum

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Peltuinum was a Roman town of the Vestini, on the ancient Via Claudia Nova, 20 km east of L'Aquila, Italy, between the modern-day settlements of Prata...

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Raffaele Cappelli

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was an Italian politician and diplomat. He was born in San Demetrio ne' Vestini, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo. Grand Officer of Saints Maurice and Lazarus...

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Abruzzo

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Carricini and Frentani, and, more generically, Osco-Umbrian Aequi, Praetutii, Vestini, Marrucini, Marsi and Peligni. Considered extremely strong by Ancient writers...

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Warrior of Capestrano

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around the 6th century BC. The statue was found in the territory of the Vestini, but depicts a man with a Picene helmet. It was discovered accidentally...

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Battle of Asculum

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and Umbrians. There might also have been contingents from the Marsi and Vestini, who were also allies of Rome. Since Pyrrhus' elephants had caused much...

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Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo

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through Picenum, he was suddenly attacked by a large force of Picentes, Vestini and Marsi. Although the battle favoured neither side, Strabo was heavily...

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