Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Samnium, a country of ancient Italy.
- noun A native of Samnium.
- noun In Roman antiquity, one of a class of gladiators, so called because they were armed like the natives of Samnium. They were distinguished especially by bearing the oblong shield, or scutum.
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- noun A
native orinhabitant of ancientSamnium .
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- noun an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
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Examples
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He seemed to think he was some kind of Samnite king.
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When Appius Claudius the Blind inaugurated the temple to get Bellona on his side during the Etruscan and Samnite wars, he put a statue of her in the building; both were handsome and well kept up, painted in vivid colors regularly revitalized.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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When Appius Claudius the Blind inaugurated the temple to get Bellona on his side during the Etruscan and Samnite wars, he put a statue of her in the building; both were handsome and well kept up, painted in vivid colors regularly revitalized.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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We crossed back over the Apennines, back into Samnite country.
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Some men wanted to go back to the mountains, to Samnite territory, but we already knew the towns there wouldn't support us.
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Varro There was a Samnite commander named Trebatius during the Social War.
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See, Trebatius wanted to revive the old Samnite wars with Rome, and he had Spartacus convinced these towns might join us.
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Crixus Oh, you couldn't get Trebatius to stop talking about the Samnite wars with Rome, and especially Sulla.
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Then to a Samnite who was staggering like a wounded heron:
Salammbo 2003
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And from the bottom of the hall, full of a whitish vapour on which the torches cast red spots, three Barbarians were thrust forward: a Samnite, a Spartan, and a Cappadocian.
Salammbo 2003
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