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Oscans

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A primitive people of Italy occupying Campania; were subjugated in the 5th century B.C. by the Samnites, who amalgamated with them and were subsequently incorporated with the Romans; the Oscan tongue, a cruder form of Latin, may have had its own literature, and is still extant on coins and in inscriptions.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oscans'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/oscans.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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