Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Ancient Italian

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the style and culture of the ancient Samnites, who were related to the Sabines, spoke Oscan, occupied the mountainous center of southern Italy and some coastal areas, and battled the Romans for control of the area in a series of three wars during the fourth and third centuries BCE.