Sabellian peoples

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The Sabellian peoples were a group of ancient Italic tribes of central and southern Italy, related by language and culture and including groups such as the Samnites and others who spoke Sabellian (Oscan-Umbrian) dialects.

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Sabellian peoples canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic peoples
ethno-linguistic group
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom central Apennine sites
culturallyRelatedTo Sabines
Samnites
other central Apennine tribes
culturalRegion ancient Italy
economyBasedOn agriculture
pastoralism
ethnonymDerivedFrom Sabines
historicalContext Roman expansion in Italy
pre-Roman Italy
inhabitedRegion Apennine Mountains
linked to: Apennines
involvedIn Samnite Wars
knownFrom ancient Roman literary sources
epigraphic evidence in Oscan-Umbrian scripts
languageFamily Oscan-Umbrian languages
Sabellian languages
locatedIn central Italy
southern Italy
partOf Oscan-Umbrian branch of Italic
ancient Italic peoples
politicalInteractionWith Roman Republic
relatedLanguageFamily Indo-European languages
Italic languages
relatedTo Hernici
Marrucini
Marsians
Oscan speakers
Paeligni
Sabines
Samnites
Umbrian speakers
Vestini
Volsci
religionType Italic paganism
polytheism
socialStructure tribal organization
spoke Oscan
South Picene
Umbrian
various Sabellian dialects
subgroupOf Italic peoples
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Roman Republican period
linked to: Roman Republic

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samnite-Oscan world includes Sabellian peoples
Vestinians partOf Sabellian peoples
subject linked to: Vestinian
Sabellic namedAfter Sabellian peoples