{"slug": "bruttians", "label": "Bruttians", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruttians", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q994847", "qid": "Q994847", "description": "ancient Italic tribe people who inhabited the southern extremity of Italy", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [-342, -39], "span_label": ["343 BCE", "40 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Bruttii", "Bruttium"], "related": [{"slug": "lucanians", "label": "Lucanians", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "taranto", "label": "Taranto", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "magna-graecia", "label": "Magna Graecia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "samnium", "label": "Samnium", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "apulia", "label": "Apulia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "crotone", "label": "Crotone", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lucania", "label": "Lucania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "archidamus-iii", "label": "Archidamus III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "samnites", "label": "Samnites", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "appius-claudius-caecus", "label": "Appius Claudius Caecus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -342, "year_label": "343 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The native Italian tribes, the Lucanians and Bruttians, press down upon the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, including Tarentum. Responding to calls for help from these former Greek colonies, King Archidamus III of Sparta sets sail with a band of mercenaries for Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172730#Italy", "title": "343 BC", "revid": 1354172730, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -333, "year_label": "334 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Alexander of Epirus, at the request of the colony of Taras (Tarentum) crosses over into Italy, to aid them against the Lucanians and Bruttii. He wins victories over the Italian Samnite tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356615565#Italy", "title": "334 BC", "revid": 1356615565, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -330, "year_label": "331 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Alexander of Epirus takes Heraclea from the Lucanians, and Terina and Sipontum from the Bruttii.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210205718#Italy", "title": "331 BC", "revid": 1210205718, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -297, "year_label": "298 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Agathocles, king of Syracuse, assists the Italian Greeks against the Bruttians and supports the Greeks against the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129361#Sicily", "title": "298 BC", "revid": 1350129361, "section": "Events › By place › Sicily"}}, {"year": -279, "year_label": "280 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Responding to an appeal from Tarentum, King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the Romans. In the Battle of Heraclea he defeats a Roman army led by consul Publius Valerius Laevinus. Pyrrhus's judicious use of his elephants plays a large part in his victory. Several tribes including the Lucani, Bruttii and the Messapians as well as the Greek cities of Crotone and Locri join Pyrrhus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338748993#Roman_Republic", "title": "280 BC", "revid": 1338748993, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -278, "year_label": "279 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pyrrhus realizes that he cannot capture Rome and suggests peace terms to the Romans. Pyrrhus sends his chief advisor, Cineas, to Rome to negotiate a peace. Cineas demands that the Romans halt their aggression against the Greeks of southern Italy and restore the lands the Romans have taken from the Bruttii, the Apulians, and the Samnites. The Romans reject his demands, largely at the instigation of the former Roman censor, Appius Claudius Caecus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1226777989#Roman_Republic", "title": "279 BC", "revid": 1226777989, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -276, "year_label": "277 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Consul Publius Cornelius Rufinus campaigns against the Lucanians and the Bruttians and captures Crotone.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256058749#Italy", "title": "277 BC", "revid": 1256058749, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}, {"year": -215, "year_label": "216 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Following Hannibal's victory, many regions begin to defect from Rome, while others are conquered by Hannibal's forces. In Apulia, Lucania, Samnium and in Bruttium, Hannibal finds many supporters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336012311#Roman_Republic", "title": "216 BC", "revid": 1336012311, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -71, "year_label": "72 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Spartacus and his followers withdraw to the Bruttium peninsula. At one juncture he contemplates attacking Rome – but moves south. The Senate sends Marcus Licinius Crassus against Spartacus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1338545736#Roman_Republic", "title": "72 BC", "revid": 1338545736, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -39, "year_label": "40 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sextus Pompey dispatches Menas with four legions and captures Sardinia, driving out Octavian's governor Marcus Lurius. He seizes the capital, Caralis and occupies Corsica. Sextus besieges Cosenza in Bruttium and Thurii in Lucania, ravaging the territory with his cavalry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076849#Roman_Republic", "title": "40 BC", "revid": 1267076849, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}]}