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Salento (Salentino: Salentu,
Salentino Griko: Σαλέντο), is a cultural, historical, and
geographic region at the
southern end of the
administrative region...
- The
sallentine humanist Antonio de Ferrariis,
referring to the
ancient Messapic language,
defines it as "the
language used by the
Sallentines before...
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consuls twice celebrated triumphs,
first over S****ina, then over the
Sallentines and the Messapii. In 253,
Junius Pera
served as censor. Hans
George Gundel...
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language was
replaced by Latin,
which is the
origin of the
modern Italian Sallentine dialects of the region. A
characteristic feature of
Messapic is the absence...
- From its
foundation the city had
contested control of the
areas rich
Sallentine Peninsula with the Iapygians. The
development of the city was restricted...
- consul,
Quintus Fabius Maximus, ****aulted the city of Manduria, in the
Sallentine. It was
hardly 35 km away from Tarentum.
Having disentangled himself from...
