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Definition of Samnite
1. Noun. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samnite
Literary usage of Samnite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"While the Roman armies were fighting the Gauls and Samnite ... Samnite allies in
Umbria and Etruria, they had not |"™acam only recalled their troops from ..."
2. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"That the Samnite Government was Federal we might almost infer from the mere extent
of the country without any further evidence. ..."
3. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1868)
"THE third Samnite war ended in the year 464, and Pyrrhus invaded Italy exactly
ten years ... To the south of Rome, Lucania, during the third Samnite war, ..."
4. Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers (1899)
"I. THE SECOND Samnite WAR. The Samnite Wars. — The First Samnite War and the
Latin War, by very greatly enlarging the territory of the republic, ..."
5. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"CHAPTER XII ETRUSCAN AND THIRD Samnite WARS 303-298 NK. ... wars (303-298)—Complaint
of the Lucan- ians and the beginning of the third Samnite war (298)—The ..."
6. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"Event* between the second and third Samnite wan, joj- 298. Settlement after the
war. ... the third Samnite war (298)—The Samnites league with Etruscans and ..."
7. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Great confederacy organised by Gellius Egnatius, the Samnite. ... THE peace which
concluded the Second Samnite War was made in 304 BC, and in less than six ..."
8. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith (1899)
"SECOND OR GREAT Samnite WAR, 326-304 BC—The Second Samnite War lasted twenty-two
years, and was by far the most important of the three wars which this ..."
9. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"While the Roman armies were fighting the Gauls and Samnite ... Samnite allies in
Umbria and Etruria, they had not |"™acam only recalled their troops from ..."
10. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"That the Samnite Government was Federal we might almost infer from the mere extent
of the country without any further evidence. ..."
11. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1868)
"THE third Samnite war ended in the year 464, and Pyrrhus invaded Italy exactly
ten years ... To the south of Rome, Lucania, during the third Samnite war, ..."
12. Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers (1899)
"I. THE SECOND Samnite WAR. The Samnite Wars. — The First Samnite War and the
Latin War, by very greatly enlarging the territory of the republic, ..."
13. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"CHAPTER XII ETRUSCAN AND THIRD Samnite WARS 303-298 NK. ... wars (303-298)—Complaint
of the Lucan- ians and the beginning of the third Samnite war (298)—The ..."
14. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"Event* between the second and third Samnite wan, joj- 298. Settlement after the
war. ... the third Samnite war (298)—The Samnites league with Etruscans and ..."
15. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Great confederacy organised by Gellius Egnatius, the Samnite. ... THE peace which
concluded the Second Samnite War was made in 304 BC, and in less than six ..."
16. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith (1899)
"SECOND OR GREAT Samnite WAR, 326-304 BC—The Second Samnite War lasted twenty-two
years, and was by far the most important of the three wars which this ..."
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