An ancient Samnite or Etruscan panoply of bronze armor, consisting of an Italo-Corinthian helmet with pseudo-eye holes and incised wild boars on the cheek pieces; a cuirass with geometric musculature on the chest plate and a raised spine on the back plate; and a pair of greaves with raised abstract musculature.
The Samnites were a native group occupying south-central Italy. They fought a series of three wars against the Roman Republic (343-341 BC, 327-304 BC, and 298-290 BC). Despite achieving an overwhelming victory over the Romans at the Battle of the Caudine Forks (321 BC), the Samnites were eventually subjugated. They later helped Pyrrhus and Hannibal in their wars (280-275 BC and 218-201 BC) against Rome. The Samnites were eventually assimilated by the Romans, and ceased to exist as a distinct people.
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