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Samnite

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Sam·ni·um  (smn-m)
An ancient country of central and southern Italy. The expansionist desires of its rulers led to the Samnite Wars (343-290 b.c.) and the ultimate defeat of Samnium by Rome.
Samnite (smnt) adj. & n.
Samnite [ˈsæmnaɪt] (in ancient Italy)
n
(Historical Terms) a member of an Oscan-speaking people of the S Apennines, who clashed repeatedly with Rome between 350 bc and 200 bc
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to this people
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Noun1.Samnite - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early RomansSamnite - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
Campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia
Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
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Well illustrated and richly detailed, the essays here address the ways of the upper Volturno Valley, the field surveys, the Samnite cemetery and vicus, excavations into the underlying Roman and Samnite bases, the rise of the twelfth-century monastery, nearby related excavations, and the meanings of the artifacts.
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Rather, following the organization of both catalogue and exhibition they present a polysemous approach to the origins of the paintings in cross-currents of the existing cultures in Campania, Samnite and Oscan, the later Roman overlay, and the importation of belief and practice from the eastern Mediterranean.
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