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Umbri
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The Umbri were an ancient people, considered an Italic people, attested during the Iron Age in inner central Italy, approximately between the middle Tiber river and the central Apennines. A region cal
Detail of an Iguvine Tablet with inscription in Umbrian language
Detail of an Iguvine Tablet with inscription in Umbrian language
Bronze bar with inscription in Umbrian language
Bronze bar with inscription in Umbrian language
Samnites
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The Samnites were an ancient Italic people who inhabited Samnium, a region located in the modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy.
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…and Gauls confined them to Sabina and the Apennine valleys. According to ancient Greek historians, the Sabellian people, namely the Sabines and the Samnites, and the tribes which sprung from them, as the Marsi, Marrucini, Peligni, Picentes, Hirpini, and others, were originally an Umbrian people. Their…
Samnite soldiers depicted on a tomb frieze in Nola. From the 4th century BC
Samnite soldiers depicted on a tomb frieze in Nola. From the 4th century BC
Oscan inscription. From right to left it reads: "V[ibius] Popidius, son of V[ibius], chief magistrate, was responsible for this work and approved it."
Oscan inscription. From right to left it reads: "V[ibius] Popidius, son of V[ibius], chief magistrate, was responsible for this work and approved it."
Lucanian depiction of the Battle of Caudine Forks
Lucanian depiction of the Battle of Caudine Forks
Social War coin depicting the Samnite soldiers taking an oath to fight the Romans
Social War coin depicting the Samnite soldiers taking an oath to fight the Romans