- 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...
- 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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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...
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originally an
estate belonging to one of this
family in the
country of the
Hirpini.
Their most
famous member is
Gaius C****ius Longinus, an ********in of Julius...
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Amsanctus (modern:
Sorgente Mefita) was a
small lake in the
territory of the
Hirpini, c. 15
kilometres (9 mi)
south of Aeclanum,
close to the Via
Appia (southern...
- 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...
