Hernici
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The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River (Trerus), bounded by the Volsci on the south, and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Hernican
- Language.region
- Italy
- Language.extinct
- ?
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Italic
- Language.fam3
- Osco-Umbrian
- Language.fam4
- Oscan?
- Language.script
- Old Italic alphabet
- Language.iso3
- xhr
- Language.linglist
- xhr
- Language.glotto
- hemi1234
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Italic peoples
- Country
- Italy
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Language
- Gentes of Hernician origin
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Primary sources
- Literature
- Further reading
The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River (Trerus), bounded by the Volsci on the south, and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north.
== History ==
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