The Samnites (Oscan: Safineis) were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern Abruzzo in south-central Italy. An Oscan-speaking people who probably originated as an offshoot of the Sabines, they formed a confederation consisting of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and Pentri. Although they allied with Rome against the Gauls in 354 BC, they later became enemies of the Romans and fought them in a series of three wars; despite an overwhelming victory at the Battle of the Caudine Forks (321 BC), the Samnites were subjugated in 290 BCE. Although severely weakened, the Samnites would still side against the Romans, first in the Pyrrhic War and then with Hannibal in the Second Punic War. They also fought in the Social War and later in Sulla's civil war as allies of the Roman consuls Papirius Carbo and Gaius Marius against Sulla, who defeated them and their leader Pontius Telesinus at the Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC). Afterwards, they were assimilated by the Romans and ceased to exist as a distinct people.
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Metal-Alloy
Number of parts
15
Epoch
Ancient
Time
3000 v.Chr. - 400 n.Chr.
State
New
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