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Samnites were an Oscan-speaking district in the central southern Apennines. A warlike people, the Samnites were divided into four tribal states (Caraceni, Caudini, Hirpini, Pentri) and formed a loose | |||
conferation. They are a treaty with Rome (354BC) and later sought protection from the Romans. However three Samnites wars were fought over their territory later and gradually their land shrank. [[Roman Colonisation and Romanization|Romanisation]] but under Augustus municipalization accelerated but many parts remained very rural. | |||
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Revision as of 09:23, 4 February 2013
Samnites were an Oscan-speaking district in the central southern Apennines. A warlike people, the Samnites were divided into four tribal states (Caraceni, Caudini, Hirpini, Pentri) and formed a loose conferation. They are a treaty with Rome (354BC) and later sought protection from the Romans. However three Samnites wars were fought over their territory later and gradually their land shrank. Romanisation but under Augustus municipalization accelerated but many parts remained very rural.
