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Samnium
The mountainous region of central-southern Italy east of Campania; Antony was reported heading there in May 44 BC (Att. 14.20).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 14.20 §2 into Samnium
The mountainous region of central-southern Italy; Antony's journey there in May 44 BC was to canvass Caesar's settled veterans for armed support, hence Cicero's grim "of which you can guess what you can hope."
- Tusculan Disputations §2.41 So a Samnite can do this
Samnite (Samnis) was both an ethnic name and a type of heavily-armed gladiator who fought in Samnite-style equipment. Cicero contemptuously cites the gladiator's endurance to shame the freeborn man who cannot match it.