Samnite

/ 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

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.

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Here and there are well-preserved ruins of the Samnites, fierce adversaries of the Romans who for centuries remained proudly independent in their mountain stronghold.

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

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With one hand they held back the fierce Samnite mountaineers who coveted their wealth, and gave out with the other more and more freely that noble culture which has had no rival yet.

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The Roman was ready at every moment to draw his sword for battle with Faliscans, Samnites, or Etruscans.

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