samnite in English
noun
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a member of an Oscan-speaking people of southern Italy in ancient times, who spent long periods at war with republican Rome in the 4th to 1st centuries bc.
The city of Rome gradually gained power from the time of the Tarquins, subduing the Etruscans, Sabines, Samnites , and Greek settlers, and by the mid-3rd century BC, controlled Italy.
adjective
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relating to the Samnites.
He showed a particular vindictiveness against the Samnite troops which his enemies had raised in large numbers, evoking an echo of the Social War.
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1. The name of Alife has Samnite origin, although a settlement in the hills around the city existed probably since
2. The Romans preferred to assault enemy walls by building earthen ramps (agger) or simply scaling the walls, as in the early siege of the Samnite city of Silvium (306 BC).
3. Pompeii reopens Antiquarium with jewels, gold and casts, From 25/1, 'finally a true museum, and a unique one', Renovated and transformed into a true museum of the city telling its history, from the Samnite period to its destruction in 79 AD