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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historical geography
- History
- Prominent Samnites
- Rulers of the Samnites
- Uprising against Sulla
- Roman citizens
- Catholic Popes
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Map of ancient Samnium
Samnium () is a Latin exonym for a region of Southern Italy anciently inhabited by the Samnites. Their own endonyms were Safinim for the country (attested in one inscription and one coin legend) and Safineis for the The language of these endonyms and of the population was the Oscan language. However, not all the Samnites spoke Oscan, and not all the Oscan-speakers lived in Samnium.
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