Osci

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The Osci were an ancient Italic people of southern Italy, closely related to other Campanian tribes and known for their Oscan language and cultural influence in the region.

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Osci canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic people
ancient people
continent Europe
culturalLegacy Oscan inscriptions
toponyms in southern Italy
culturalSphere Italic world
culture Oscan culture
ethnicity Italic
ethnoLinguisticGroup Oscan culture
surface form: Oscan-speaking peoples
hadContactWith Greek colonists in Italy
Roman Republic
historicalStatus assimilated into Roman state
influenced Campania
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
knownFor Oscan language
cultural influence in Campania
participation in Italic tribal networks
language Oscan language
languageBranch Sabellic languages
surface form: Sabellian languages
languageFamily Italic languages
locatedIn Campania
southern Apennine region
neighborOf Magna Graecia
surface form: Greek colonies in Magna Graecia

Romans
partOf Oscan culture
surface form: Oscan peoples

ancient Italic peoples
pre-Roman peoples of Italy
region Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
relatedTo Aurunci
Campanians
Samnites
Sidicini
religion polytheism
spoke Oscan language
timePeriod 1st millennium BC
Iron Age
writingSystem Oscan alphabet

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Sidicini relatedPeople Osci