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The Lucani (Lucanians) were an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. Around the middle of the fifth century BC, the Lucani moved south into Oenotria, driving the indigenous tribes, known to the Greeks as Oenotrians, Chones, and Leuternoi, into the mountainous interior. Denarius of Marsican Confederation with Oscan legend. ... The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. ... (6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Demotic becomes the dominant script of ancient Egypt Persians invade Greece twice (Persian Wars) Battle of Marathon (490) Battle of Salamis (480) Athenian empire formed and falls Peloponnesian War... Ancient Italic people settled in a territory of remarkably big dimensions including todays southern Italian region of Basilicata and the northern part of Calabria. ...


Strabo reported that they had a democratic constitution, save in time of war, when a dictator was chosen from among the regular magistrates. The few surviving Oscan inscriptions and coins in the area that survive from the 4th or 3rd century BC use the Greek alphabet. Strabo (squinty) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. ... Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ... (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome 383 BCE Second Buddhist Councel at Vesali. ... // Events The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean Rome conquers Spain Gaulish migration to Macedonia, Thrace and Galatia 281 BCE Antiochus I Soter, on the assassination of his father Seleucus becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire. ... The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since about the 9th century B.C.. It was the first true alphabet, that is, one with a symbol for each vowel and consonant, and is the oldest alphabet in use today. ...


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Lucani (ancient people) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (422 words)
The Lucani (Lucanians) were an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages.
The few surviving Oscan inscriptions and coins in the area that survive from the 4th or 3rd century BC use the Greek alphabet.
Around the middle of the fifth century BC, the Lucani moved south into Oenotria, driving the indigenous tribes, known to the Greeks as Oenotrians, Chones, and Lauternoi, into the mountainous interior.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lucani (575 words)
Around the middle of the fifth century BC, the Lucani moved south into Oenotria, driving the indigenous tribes, known to the Greeks as Oenotrians, Chones, and Leuternoi, into the mountainous interior.
Tarentum, called Taras by the Greeks, was founded in 707 B.C. by some Spartans, who, the sons of free women and enslaved fathers, were born during the Messenian War.
The equipment in the Military Technical Institute in Potoci was disassembled by Serb troops in February 1992 and moved to the Lucani facility in Serbia.
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