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Meaning of "samnite"
samnite (adjective): Relating to an ancient Italic tribe known as the Samnites, who inhabited parts of southern Italy
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- A native or inhabitant of ancient Samnium.
- A Roman gladiator armed with shield, sleeve on right arm, helmet, shoulder-piece, and greave.
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Samnite losses have clearly been exaggerated.
Pietrabbondante is home to the important excavations of an ancient Samnite town.
Samnite gladiators appear quite frequently in Roman artwork.
This is where the Samnite success had reached its peak.
Valerius therefore ordered a cavalry charge in an attempt to break the Samnite lines.
He killed the Samnite commander and was killed himself.
The two consuls then went where the main Samnite forces were stationed.
They redistributed the Samnite booty to claimants and gave the unclaimed property to the soldiers.
This family flourished from the earliest period to the time of the Samnite Wars.
He was ravaging their territory when Samnite envoys came to ask for peace.
The Roman colony at Fregellae was the casus belli of the second Samnite war.
The amount of spoils taken and the Samnite losses imply a clear exaggeration.
Most of these names are thought to be of Sabine or Samnite origin.
A cavalry charge on the Samnite center eventually broke the army and they routed.
Many of these names appear to be of Sabine or Samnite origin.
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He routed a Samnite contingent.
It was hostile to the Romans during the Samnite wars.
A large Samnite army encamped near the Romans and the Saticulans made a sortie.
At the close of the third Samnite War the.
The First Samnite War ended in a negotiated peace rather than one part dominating the other.
Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite towns.
The Romans later employed modified Samnite tactics with great success as they subdued the Mediterranean.
He wins victories over the Italian Samnite tribes.
We see here in the Samnite House at Herculaneum.
Combat between a Murmillo and a Samnite.
The Samnite raids in Campania created great alarm in Rome.
An example of the style can be found in the Samnite House at Herculaneum.
The Samnite war.
An Oscan root points to the Nasennii originally being of Sabine or Samnite extraction.
The outcome of the Second Samnite War was at last favorable to Rome.
The Samnite House and this is the fauces of the Samnite House.
It takes its name from the ancient Samnite tribe of the Pentri.
The Samnite territory.
Six years later the Third Samnite War broke out.
The Samnite invasion.
The Romans storm and take the Samnite city of Venusia.
The Samnite period.
The result was a Roman victory and end of the Second Samnite War.
First Samnite war.
He took an active role in leading Roman forces during the Third Samnite War.
The Samnite assembly.
The latter was the year the Third Samnite War broke out.
Roman victory in the Samnite Wars resulted in effective Roman dominance of the Italian peninsula.
Sulla moved to the offensive - he defeated a Samnite army.
The First Samnite War ends with Rome triumphant and the Samnites willing to make peace.
Two Latin colonies were founded in the heart of Samnite territory to act as " watchdogs.
Then to a Samnite who was staggering like a wounded heron,.
The foundation is made of polygonal stone blocks, a feature common to all Samnite fortified structures.
With the Samnite armies destroyed, the consuls decided to storm towns.
He defeated the Pentri, the largest Samnite tribe.
