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Samnite wars
Samnite wars A succession of wars fought between the southern neighbours of Rome, the Samnites and the Latins. The first war (343–341 BC) was brief, but the second (326–304) was more protracted. Roman troops experienced the humiliation of having to walk like slaves under a yoke of spears after their defeat at the Caudine Forks. The
APPIAN WAY was begun in 312 to assist communications between Rome and the war area. Gauls joined against Rome in the third of the wars (298–290), but were defeated. The Samnites were consistently hostile to Rome. They helped
HANNIBAL in the second
PUNIC WAR and revolted for the last time in the Social War of 90, after which they became allies of
MARIUS.
SULLA crushed them and devastated their homelands.
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Reverse engineering a lost culture.(input output)(Samnites)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; You don't hear much about the Samnites these days. They were one of those peoples...their culture. Until recently, the Samnites' reputation has been based on reports...central Italy. The pieces show that the Samnites, like so many of history's conquered...
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What Lies Beneath in Pompeii; Going Deep Yields New Perspective on Ancient Roman City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the remains of a structure built by the Samnites, a mountain warrior people who conquered...of that." In short, it's time the Samnites got their due. "They were traditionally...to write history," Curti said. The Samnites were a tribal people who occupied much...
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REVERSE ENGINEERING A LOST CULTURE
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; You don't hear much about the Samnites these days. They were one of those peoples...their culture. Until recently, the Samnites' reputation has been based on reports...central Italy. The pieces show that the Samnites, like so many of history's conquered...
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Rome on the move.(Roman Republic)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...loosely together into a group known as the Samnites. These nomads regularly attacked towns...three long and costly wars against the Samnites from 343 B.C. to 290 B.C. The Second...nothing would have stood between the Samnites and Rome. Stripped of every possession...
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The lost beauty of Saepinum
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 2/23/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...their flocks from north to south. The Samnites were a warlike people who inhabited much...bureaucrats. There are also traces of the Samnites at Saepinum. A stone trough for collecting...ranking lady in about 400 BC.Slowly the Samnites were absorbed into the empire and Saepinum...
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Towards a phenomenology of Samnite fortified centres.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...outstanding question is `where were the Samnites?' One answer, based on survey data...friendly or comforting. We all know that Samnites did not like Romans; but why assume...S.P. 1995. The hill forts of the Samnites. London: British School at Rome. Archaeological...
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Unpeeling Pompeii.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the Oscans, the Tyrrhenians (i.e. Etruscans) and the Samnites (Geography 5.4.8). The first systematically developed...then 'enervated' by contact with the Greeks, giving way to Samnites, to whom he reattributed the 'limestone phase', followed...
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FRAMED MAM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/17/2001; ; 424 words
; ...is "Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Gifts of the Samnites." It tells the story of the third-century B.C...general Manius Curius Dentatus, who, having defeated the Samnites in battle, is satisfied with the glory of success and...
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Sangre y arena: regresan los gladiadores al Coliseo.(Roma, Italia)(TT: Blood and sand: the gladiators return to the coliseum.)(TA: Rome, Italy)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 8/10/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...a pelear a la Arena, para ganar, por supuesto. Haba varias clases de gladiadores: se distinguan por su armamento. Los samnites, luchaban con un escudo largo, un visor, un casco adornado de plumas y una espada corta. Los tracios utilizaban escudo...
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Perpetual Unveils Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising; A New Massively Multi-player Game Set in Ancient Rome, by the Makers of Star Trek Online and the Designer of Diablo II.
Business Wire; 3/11/2005; 700+ words
; ...in Rome around 300 BC, a time when the Republic is powerful, but Roman enemies including the Carthaginians, Gauls, and Samnites threaten the fledgling imperial holdings. Worse, the land is beset by terrible creatures, such as Gorgons, Cyclopes, and...
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Samnites
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Samnites , people of ancient Italy. Their country was Samnium . The Samnites were Oscan-speaking and therefore should be included...won control of central and S Italy. Although the Samnites continued to fight against Rome with Pyrrhus, Hannibal...
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Fabius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...308, 297, 295) and dictator (315). He attacked the Samnites in 325 and was victorious, but his disobedience of orders...general, especially for his victory over the Etruscans, the Samnites, and their allies at Sentinum (295). His descendant, Quintus...
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Publius Decius Mus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...tribune, the father fought (343 BC) in the war against the Samnites and, as consul with Manlius Torquatus, commanded in the war...sought death in the battle at Sentinum against the Gauls, Samnites, and Etruscans. His grandson, in the war with Pyrrhus...
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Sentinum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sentinum , ancient town of Umbria, E central Italy, near the modern town of Sassoferrato. In 295 BC the Romans (led by Publius Decius Mus) defeated the Gauls and the Samnites there. It was the most important battle in the Roman conquest of Italy.
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Lucania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Heraclea and Metapontum on the Gulf of Tarentum and Paestum and Buxentum on the Tyrrhenian coast. The non-Greek Lucanians were Samnites. The western portion of ancient Lucania is now in Campania; the larger eastern part is in Basilicata .
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