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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

For generations the excess population of the Samnite valleys had regularly overflowed into the lowland coast areas, and such migrations had given rise to the Lucanians, Bruttians, and a large part of the Campanians themselves.

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

In the Ardennes an Oak cut down in 1824 contained a funeral urn and some Samnite coins.

From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

On the other hand, the Samnite half-armor of the Gaul was resplendent with the decorations affected by his race.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

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