2020 Advent Calendar: Day 17

We stay in the Roman world today, not during the Empire but at the time of the Republic. 

For day 17 of the Advent Calendar, we have a look Samnites warriors.

 

Among the main competitors for the control of Central Italy were the Samnites, a confederation of Italian tribes living in the mountains, north of Neapolis (modern Naples).

The Samnites and the Romans fought three long wars between the 4th and 3rd century BC, at the end of which the Samnites were defeated and surrendered to Rome. They revolted and supported Hannibal during the 2nd Punic war.

In the next picture, I added figures painted formerly, in order to form two elements for DBA / AdG. On the left, ordinary warriors, and on the right, some elite warriors of the famous Legio Linteata (white clothes and silver weapons). The scene is an attempt to represent hills or mountains :)

Hope you like them :)

See you tomorrow !

Samnites

The Samnites were a people living in the center of Italy at the age of the Roman Republic, and were one of its most famous opponents.
Romans and Samnites fought each other during the three Samnites Wars which occured in the 4th-3rd centuries BC. The Samnites were eventually defeated and were compelled to become allies to Rome. Rome just became powerful enough to stand against Pyrrhus and thereafter Carthage.

I used the Italian Allies box by Hät to represent the Samnites.

The warrior on the left has colorful clothes and shield, and wears a bronze armor.

The other warriors are dressed in white, with silver armor. They are noble members of a particular unit called Legio Linteata.

In the last photo, I show the Samnites together with Italian troops in Roman service (more concerning these troops here). They certainly fought each other during the Samnites wars, before the became forced allies.
 

I hope you like them :)