Samnite

British  

/ ˈsæmnaɪt /

noun

1. a member of an Oscan-speaking people of the S Apennines, who clashed repeatedly with Rome between 350 _bc and 200 _bc

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people

Example Sentences

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Between the cherry crop in June and the hazelnut harvest in October, the villagers of Visciano, high in the Samnite Hills of southern Italy, have plenty of time to think.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bas-relief is terminated by the combat between a light-armed gladiator and a Samnite.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

It was rebuilt by the consul L. Papirius Cursor, to commemorate his triumph after the third Samnite war, B.C.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

The year 438 B. C. saw the end of the Etruscan power in Campania with the fall of Capua before a Samnite invasion.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly