Lucanians

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ancient Italic people

The Lucanians were an ancient Italic people who inhabited the region of Lucania in southern Italy and were known for their Oscan language and conflicts with Greek colonies and later Rome.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lucanians canonical 31
Lucanian tribes 2
Lucanian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people ⓘ
alliedWith Hannibal ⓘ
linked to: Hannibal (Carthaginian general)

Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence Lucanian tomb paintings ⓘ
Oscan inscriptions ⓘ
fortified hill settlements ⓘ
conflictedWith Poseidonia ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Tarentines ⓘ
linked to: Taras (Tarentum)

Thurii ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Greek colonies ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
culture Oscan culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
control of inland trade routes ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicity Italic ⓘ
eventualStatus Roman citizens ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Lucania ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
knownFor conflicts with Greek colonies in Magna Graecia ⓘ
use of Oscan inscriptions ⓘ
wars with the Roman Republic ⓘ
languageBranch Sabellian languages ⓘ
linked to: Sabellic languages
languageFamily Oscan-Umbrian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Basilicata ⓘ
parts of Calabria ⓘ
parts of Campania ⓘ
lostAutonomy after Roman conquest in 3rd century BC ⓘ
mainLanguage Oscan language ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic warrior aristocracy ⓘ
neighboringPeople Bruttians ⓘ
Campanians ⓘ
Greek colonists of Magna Graecia ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
origin Samnite-related Oscan tribes ⓘ
participatedIn Pyrrhic War ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
partOf Oscan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Oscan culture
politicalOrganization tribal federation ⓘ
regionNameEtymology gave name to Lucania ⓘ
religion Italic paganism ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
romanization gradual after 3rd century BC ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BC to 1st century BC ⓘ
writingSystem Oscan alphabet ⓘ
adapted Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

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

Bantia → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Lucanians ⓘ
Tarentum → involvedInConflictWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman conquest of southern Italy → opponent → Lucanians ⓘ
Croton → laterCameUnderControlOf → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → belligerent → Lucanian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Lucanians
ancient Italy → inhabitedBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Marsic War → hasParticipant → Lucanians ⓘ
Apulians → neighboringPeople → Lucanians ⓘ
Paestum → conqueredBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Heraclea → underControlOf → Lucanians ⓘ
Thurii → hadConflictWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Thurii → sufferedAttackBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Oenotrians → absorbedBy → Lucanians ⓘ
Oenotrians → neighboringPeoples → Lucanians ⓘ
Banzi → hasHeritage → Lucanian ⓘ
linked to: Lucanians
Oscan culture → associatedWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Taras → foughtAgainst → Lucanians ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus → alliedWith → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → conflictBetween → Lucanians ⓘ
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → hasParticipant → Lucanian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Lucanians
Roman–Lucanian conflicts → opponent → Lucanian League ⓘ
linked to: Lucanians
Manius Curius Dentatus → defeated → Lucanians ⓘ
Socii (Italian allies) → includes → Lucanians ⓘ
Lucanian red-figure pottery → culture → Lucanians ⓘ
Cilento → ancientPeoples → Lucanians ⓘ
Apuli → neighboringPeople → Lucanians ⓘ
Daunians → neighboringPeople → Lucanians ⓘ
Peucetians → neighbouringPeople → Lucanians ⓘ
Italic world → hasPart → Lucanians ⓘ
Brutium → conqueredBy → Lucanians ⓘ
subject linked to: Brutium (historical region)
Brutium → ethnicGroup → Lucanians ⓘ
subject linked to: Brutium (historical region)
Roman conquest of Italy → opponent → Lucanians ⓘ
Manius Curius Dentatus → defeated → Lucanians ⓘ
subject linked to: Dentatus
Poseidonia → conqueredBy → Lucanians ⓘ