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- noun Plural form of
Oscan .
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Examples
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Even if it can be argued that the Oscans were "far from Etruscan influence", they were hardly far from Latin influence.
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Through those hills runs the Titanic grotto of Posilippo, which leads to that historic land beyond -- the land of the Cumaeans and Oscans; or, still more, the land of the luxurious Romans of the empire; where
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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And, in fact, Mamurius Veturius appears to have been driven away to the land of the Oscans, the enemies of Rome.
Chapter 58. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity. § 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome 1922
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And, in fact, Mamurius Veturius appears to have been driven away to the land of the Oscans, the enemies of Rome.
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Oscans, Latins, etc. The parent ancestral speech of the German tribes about four to five thousand years ago was probably closely approximated in syntax, and in the form and pronunciation of words, to the other progenitors of European Aryan languages, especially the
Bulgaria Frank Fox 1917
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Sabellians and Oscans, Samnites and Volscians and Aequians and dear knows what all: -- open your Roman Histories, and in each one of the host of nation-names you find there, you may probably see the relic of some kingdom once great and flourishing north or south of the Alps; -- just as you can in the Serbians, Roumanians,
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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Strabo, Pompeii was first occupied by the Oscans, subsequently by the
Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Trumbull White 1904
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In Asia Minor the Greek mingled with the Semite, who had the heritage of centuries of culture; and in Italy with the Umbrians, Oscans, and Etruscans, who, little as we know of their antecedents, have left us monuments to testify to their high development.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904
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The Oscans were one of the old non-Latin tribes of Italy.
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
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And, in fact, Mamurius Veturius appears to have been driven away to the land of the Oscans, the enemies of Rome.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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