Samnites were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy.
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10 Facts About Samnites
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The Samnites honored their gods by sacrificing live animals and using votive offerings.
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Alternatively, the Samnites could have wanted access to the Volturno River and other resources.
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Livy, a Roman historian who serves as a source on the Samnite Wars, states that when the Samnites attacked the Campanians, the latter civilization formed an alliance with the Romans.
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Samnites were one of the Italian peoples that allied with King Pyrrhus of Epirus during the Pyrrhic War.
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Samnites supported the faction of Marius and Carbo in the civil war against Sulla.
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The Samnites exported goods such as cereals, cabbages, olives, olive oil, wine, bronze, iron, textiles, legumes, and vines.
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Samnites produced amphorae, terracottas, and impasto pottery with black gloss.
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Alongside aspides, the Samnites possibly used bronze oval shields with pointed ends and incised decorations.
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Samnites possibly based his expectations of women on Samnite customs.
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