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Lucanians

Italic tribe living in Lucania

13 dated entries naming Lucanians, drawn from 13 separate years between 474 BCE and 82 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Lucani (ancient people) in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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5th century BC

  • 474 BCETaras signs an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapians, Peucetians, and Lucanians, but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines are defeated near Kailia.source

4th century BC

  • 387 BCEWith the aid of the Lucanians, Dionysius I of Syracuse devastates the territories of Thurii, Crotone, and Locri in mainland Italy. When Rhegium falls, Dionysius becomes the chief power in Greek Southern Italy. He then turns his attention to the Adriatic and founds the colonies of Ancona (Ankon) and Adria (Adrìa).source
  • 343 BCEThe 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.source
  • 334 BCEAlexander 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.source
  • 332 BCEAfter a victory over the Samnites and Lucanians near Paestum, Alexander of Epirus makes a treaty with the Romans.source
  • 331 BCEAlexander of Epirus takes Heraclea from the Lucanians, and Terina and Sipontum from the Bruttii.source
  • 303 BCEThe citizens of Tarentum seek the help of the Spartan general, Cleonymus. He is able to pacify the Lucanians with the agreement of the Romans.source

3rd century BC

  • 298 BCEThe Lucanians seek Roman aid against the invasion of the Samnites. In agreeing to take the Lucanians under their protection, the Romans commit to war against the Samnites.source
  • 280 BCEResponding 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.source
  • 277 BCEConsul Publius Cornelius Rufinus campaigns against the Lucanians and the Bruttians and captures Crotone.source
  • 274 BCEThe Romans under Manius Curius Dentatus conquer the Lucanians.source
  • 270 BCERome's subjugation of Italy is completed by the recapture of Rhegium (southern Italy) from the Mamertines and the defeat of the Brutians, the Lucanians, the Calabrians and the Samnites. The town of Rhegium is then restored by the Romans to its Greek inhabitants.source

1st century BC

  • 82 BCENovember 1: Sulla defeats an army of Samnites and Lucanians alliance in the Battle of the Colline Gate.source

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