He seemed to think he was some kind of Samnite king. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Gnaeus Petreius, the Samnite primus pilus centurion. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
“It was far more a Samnite than a slave uprising.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Then to a Samnite who was staggering like a wounded heron. From Wordnik.com. [Salammbo] Reference
How much grain in time of famine is put into a Samnite mouth?. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
We crossed back over the Apennines, back into Samnite country. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Italy was accomplished through the overthrow of the Samnite and. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
Oh, Publius Decius Mus had won it during the first Samnite war!. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The close of the Samnite wars found Rome supreme in central Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Samnite land was taken, and Latin colonies were established on it. From Wordnik.com. [f. The Conquest of Italy] Reference
His fighting role was as a Samnite, not normally a popular category. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Varro There was a Samnite commander named Trebatius during the Social War. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Pontius Telesinus is dead, and I had the Samnite survivors shot with arrows. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Not more than ten miles further on, I met a large Samnite host led by Gaius Trebatius. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
It proved the most important of the three Samnite wars, lasting upward of twenty years. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
The First Samnite War was started by a request for aid by Campanians against the Samnites. From Wordnik.com. [427 (431)] Reference
The first great road, called the Appian Way, was made during the period of the Samnite wars. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Caught with his camp half dismantled and his troops in disorder, the Samnite stood no chance. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
After the Samnite War, which resulted in the extension of Rome's supremacy over all Italy, the. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
To storm his position seemed far easier than storming Ofella's walls, so the Samnite host attacked. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
He was a true Samnite, yearning to see every Roman ever born obliterated from the pages of history. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
To safeguard my reputation, I would much rather see the Samnite malcontents apprehended in the act. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Hannibal meanwhile had advanced into Campania, had seized a Samnite fortress, and marched upon Neapolis. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
The earlier name Pontius suggests the family of the Pontii, of Samnite origin, well-known in Roman history. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
Crixus Oh, you couldn't get Trebatius to stop talking about the Samnite wars with Rome, and especially Sulla. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
But more than that one minor gate the magistrates would not open, plead though the floundering Samnite soldiers did. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Neither the old woman nor the Samnite had cause to regret their charity, as Marius left a little gold with each of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
See, Trebatius wanted to revive the old Samnite wars with Rome, and he had Spartacus convinced these towns might join us. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Some men wanted to go back to the mountains, to Samnite territory, but we already knew the towns there wouldn't support us. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
I need the entire corps of engineers immediately, because the moment the last Samnite is over the bridge, it must come down. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
The Samnite army has been encamped halfway between Venafrum and Aesernia for far too long, but Mutilus shows no sign of moving. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
That she ignored it was good sense; Telesinus was a Samnite, and that meant he hated Romans more than he could possibly admire women. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
One glance behind showed him why; two Samnite spearmen had launched their weapons simultaneously at him, and he ought to have fallen. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Telesinus was a Samnite of very old family who had been a little too young to be numbered among the Samnite greats of the Italian War. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Every fiery breath of wind seemed to carry the message that the Italian and Samnite ascendancy was crumbling, that defeat was inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Volscians, Hernicans, with the fierce and restless Samnite in the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
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