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Samnites

Italic people living in Samnium in south-central Italy
Intangible historical_ethnic_group Q500272
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Samnites

Summary

Samnites is a historical ethnic group[1]. Samnites has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Oscan was Samnites's native language[3].
  • Samnites is in the country of Italy[4].
  • Samnites's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[5].
  • Samnites is a type of Italic peoples[6].
  • Samnites's Commons category is recorded as Samnites[7].
  • Samnites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samnites[8].
  • Samnites's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • Samnites's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[10].
  • Samnites's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[11].
  • Samnites's participant in is recorded as Pyrrhic War[12].
  • Samnites's participant in is recorded as Samnite Wars[13].
  • Samnites's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Oscan[14].

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Definition and Type

Samnites's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[5]. Samnites is a type of Italic peoples[6].

Why It Matters

Samnites has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Samnites is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Italic peoples
    Instance of → —
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Oscan
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste, New International Encyclopedia
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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