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Samnite
/ ˈsæmnaɪt /
noun
- a member of an Oscan-speaking people of the S Apennines, who clashed repeatedly with Rome between 350 bc and 200 bc
adjective
- of or relating to this people
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It was the final result of the Roman-Samnite wars which finally determined the question of the overlordship of Italy.
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Whole cities were destroyed, and the Samnite race was practically annihilated.
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Cinna, master of Campania, was penetrating into Latium, while a Samnite army invaded it on the other side.
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At last three Samnite shepherds discovered him at a distance of fifteen paces from the spot where Matho's tent lately stood.
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A stone broke it near the guard; the Samnite was killed and the flood of Carthaginians closed in, they touched Matho.
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