- The
Hirpini (Latin:
Hirpini) were an
ancient Samnite tribe of
Southern Italy.
While generally regarded as
having been Samnites,
sometimes they are treated...
-
cultural region of
Southern Italy. It was the
inland territory of the
ancient Hirpini tribe, and its
extent matches approximately today's
province of Avellino...
-
which it
belonged at contact:
Pliny the
Elder expressly ****igns it to the
Hirpini,
while Livy's
wording is
somewhat obscure and
Ptolemy considers the town...
-
commentary to Aeneid, XI. 785 "Mount
Soracte is
located in the
territory of the
Hirpini next to Via Flaminia. It was on this
mountain that a
sacrifice to Dis Pater...
- the
Roman conquest, the
ancient Abellinum was a
centre of the
Samnite Hirpini,
located on the
Civita hill some 4
kilometres (2 mi)
outside the current...
- the Sabines, they
formed a
confederation consisting of four tribes: the
Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and Pentri.
Ancient Gr****
historians considered the...
- no
connection to the sea. The
ancient inhabitants of the area were the
Hirpini,
whose name
stems from the
Oscan term
hirpus ("wolf"), an
animal that is...
- name from an
ancient tribe, the Dauni,
although it was
strongly held by
Hirpini instead. The
mountains and
hills are
bounded northwards by the Fortore...
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Sabines Samnitics Bruttii Frentani Lucani Samnites Pentri Caraceni Caudini Hirpini Others:
Aequi Fidenates Hernici Picentes Vestini Sicels Venetics Ligures...
- Sabines, Bruttii, Frentani, Lucani, Samnites, Pentri, Caraceni, Caudini,
Hirpini, Aequi, Fidenates, Hernici, Picentes, Vestini, Morgeti, Sicels, Veneti);...
