Silver denarius of the Marsian Confederation, during the Social War (89 BC). The legend "Italia" is in Oscan.

The Marsi were an ancient people of Italy, whose chief centre was Marruvium, on the eastern shore of Lake Fucinus. Image File history File links Denarius-Marsic_Federation-Syd_627. ... Image File history File links Denarius-Marsic_Federation-Syd_627. ... First row : c. ... Template:Campaignbox Social War This article is about the conflict between Rome and her allies between 91 and 88 BC The Social War (also called the Italian War or the Marsic War, Social come from Socii meaning ¨Allies¨) was a war from 91 – 88 BC between the Roman Republic and... Oscan, the language of the Osci, is in the Sabellic branch of the Italic language family, which is a branch of Indo-European and includes Umbrian, Latin and Faliscan. ... San Benedretto dei Marsi (Latin: Marruvium or Marrubium; Greek: ) is a comune and town in the Province of LAquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy Ancient Marruvium, the chief city of the Marsi, is situated on the eastern shore of Fucinus lacus (modern Lake Fucino), and distant 20 km... The Fucine Lake (Italian: Lago Fucino or Lago di Celano) was a large lake in central Italy. ...

They are first mentioned as members of a confederacy with the Vestini, Paeligni and Marrucini ^[1]. They joined the Samnites in 308 BC ^[2], and on their submission became allies of Rome in 304 BC ^[3]. After a short-lived revolt two years later, for which they were punished by loss of territory ^[4], they were readmitted to the Roman alliance and remained faithful down to the social war, their contingent ^[5] being always regarded as the flower of the Italian forces^[6]. In this war, which, owing to the prominence of the Marsian rebels is often known as the Marsic War, they fought bravely against odds under their leader Q. Pompaedius Silo, and, though they were frequently defeated, the result of the war was the enfranchisement of the allies. The Marsi were a hardy mountain people, famed for their simple habits and indomitable courage. It was said that the Romans had never triumphed over them or without them (Appian). They were also renowned for their magicians, who had strange remedies for various diseases. Confederacy may refer to: A form of government, synonymous with confederation or alliance, formed as a union of political organizations, differing from a republic in that the separate political units retain sovereignty themselves; some examples follow: Confederate States of America (commonly called The Confederacy) Confederate Ireland of 1642-1649 Canadian... The Vestini were an ancient Sabine tribe which occupied the eastern and northern bank of the Aternus in central Italy. ... The Paeligni were a people of ancient Italy, first mentioned as a member of a confederacy which included the Marsi, Marrucini and Vestini, with which the Romans came into conflict in the second Samnite War, 325 BC. On the submission of the Samnites they all came into alliance with Rome... The Marrucini were an ancient tribe which occupied a small strip of territory round about Teate (mod. ... Samnite warriors Samnium (Oscan Safinim) was a region of the southern Apennines in Italy that was home to the Samnites, a group of Sabellic tribes that controlled the area from about 600 BC to about 290 BC. Samnium was delimited by Latium in the north, by Lucania in the south... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC 310 BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 8th century BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 309 BC 308 BC 307 BC 306 BC 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301...

The Latin colony of Alba Fucens near the north-west corner of the lake was founded in the adjoining Aequian territory in 303, so that from the beginning of the 3rd century the Marsians were in touch with a Latin-speaking community, to say nothing of the Latin colony of Carsioli (298 BC) farther west. The earliest pure Latin inscriptions of the district seem to be C.I.L. ix. 3827 and 3848 from the neighbourhood of Supinum; its character generally is of the Gracchan period, though it might be somewhat earlier. Alba Fucens (mod. ... The Aequi were an ancient people of Italy, whose name occurs constantly in Livys first decade as hostile to Rome in the first three centuries of the citys existence. ... Carsoli is a town and commune in the province of LAquila, Abruzzo (central [[Italy]). What follows is a description of the ancient Roman city, which lies 4 km southwest of the modern town (of which this article contains not a word). ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC Years: 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC - 298 BC - 297 BC 296 BC... The Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. ... The Gracchi were a noble plebeian family of ancient Rome. ...

Mommsen ^[7] pointed out that in the social war all the coins of Pompaedius Silo have the Latin legend "Italia," while the other leaders in all but one case used Oscan.

The chief record of the dialect we owe to the goddess Angitia, whose chief temple and grove stood at the south-west corner of Lake Fucinus, near the inlet to the emissarius of Claudius (restored by Prince Torlonia), and the modern village of Luco. She (or they, for the name is in the plural in the Latin inscription next cited) was widely worshipped in the central highlands ^[8] as a goddess of healing, especially skilled to cure serpent bites by charms and the herbs of the Marsian woods. Her worshippers naturally practised the same arts--as their descendants do^[9]. Their country was considered by Rome to be the home of witchcraft.^[10] In Roman mythology, Angitia was a snake goddess. ... For other uses, see Claudius (disambiguation). ... The princes Torlonia are a Roman family, with origins in a huge fortune gained during the 18th and 19th century by the administration of the finances of the Vatican. ...

The earliest local inscriptions date from about 300 to 150 BC and include the interesting and difficult bronze of Lake Fucinus, which seems to record a votive offering to Angitia, if A(n)ctia, as is probable, was the local form of her name. Their language differs very slightly from Roman Latin of that date; for apparently contracted forms like Fougno instead of Fucino may really only be a matter of spelling. In final syllables the diphthongs ai, ei, oi, all appear as e. On the other hand, the older form of the name of the tribe (dat. plur. Martses = Lat. Martiis) shows its derivation and exhibits the assibilation of -tio- into -tso- proper to many Oscan language but strange to classical Latin. An icon of Aghia Paraskevi with votive offerings hung beside it. ... In phonetics, a diphthong (Greek δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally with two sounds, or with two tones) is a vowel combination in a single syllable involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another, often interpreted by listeners as a single vowel sound or phoneme. ... Assibilation is the introduction of sibilance to a sound, to produce a sibilant consonant. ... Denarius of Marsican Confederation with Oscan legend. ...

The Marsi are also a people of north central Germany mentioned by Tacitus around the time of the first Roman incursions during the reign of Augustus, and were participants in the rebellions between AD 4 and 16. They were perhaps located near the Weser River. Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ... Augustus (Latin: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS;[1] September 23, 63 BC–August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian; Latin: C•IVLIVS•C•F•CAESAR•OCTAVIANVS) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...

References

1. ^ (Livy viii. 29, cf. viii. 6, and Polybius ii. 24, 12)
2. ^ (Liv. ix. 41)
3. ^ (Liv. ix. 45)
4. ^ (Liv. x. 3)
5. ^ (e.g. Liv. xliv. 46)
6. ^ (e.g. Horace Odes ii. 20, 18)
7. ^ (Unteritalische Dialekten, p. 345)
8. ^ (Sulmo, C.I.L. ix. 3074, Furfo Vestinorum, ibid. 3515)
9. ^ (see A de Nino's charming collection of Usi e costumi abrusszest)
10. ^ see Hor. Sat. i, 9, 29, Epod. 17, 28, &c.

• R. S. Conway, The Italic Dialects, pp. 290 seq. (from which some portions of this article are taken; on the Fucino-Bronze, ib. p. 294.

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