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Oscan
extinct language of southern Italy
Umbrian
extinct Italic language of central Italy
Osco-Umbrian
Italic language family consisting of Oscan, Umbrian, and their closest relatives
Hernici
The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River (Trerus), bounded by the Volsci on the south, and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north.
Iguvine Tablets
bronze tables containing inscriptions in Italic languages
Volscian
language
South Picene
ancient Italic language
Marrucini
The Marrucini were an Italic tribe that occupied a small strip of territory around the ancient Teate (modern Chieti), on the east coast of Abruzzo, Italy, limited by the Aterno and Foro Rivers. Other Marrucinian centers included Ceio (San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore), Iterpromium (whose ruins are under the Abbey of San Clemente at Casauria), Civitas Danzica (Rapino), and the port of Aternum (Pescara), shared with the Vestini.
Vestinian
ancient Italic language
Paeligni
The Paeligni or Peligni were an Italic tribe who lived in the Valle Peligna, in what is now Abruzzo, central Italy.
Sidicini
thumb|right|Map of ancient Samnium The Sidicini (Ancient Greek Σιδικῖνοι) were one of the Italic peoples of ancient Italy. Their territory extended northward from their capital, Teanum Sidicinum (modern day Teano), along the valley of the Liri river up to Fregellae, covering around in total. They were neighbors of the Samnites and Campanians, and allies of the Ausones and Aurunci. Their language was Oscan.
Oscan Tablet
3rd-century BC Oscan inscription
Marsian
language of the Marsi of ancient Italy
Tabula Bantina
a bronze tablet and one of the major sources for ancient Oscan discovered near Banzi (known as "Bantia" in antiquity)
Cippus Abellanus
engraved stele
Sabine
ancient Italic language
Pre-Samnite
language
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