 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - VaSamnite vanhu vanotaura chiOscan, zvimwe vakabva kuvaSabine. VaSamnite vakaumba mubatanidzwa, waiumbwa nemadzinza mana: vaHirpini, vaCaudini, vaCaraceni, uye vaPentri. Vakabatana neRoma kurwisa vaGaul muna 354 BC, asi vakazova vavengi vevaRoma uye vakakurumidza kubatanidzwa munhevedzano yehondo nhatu 343341 BC, 327304 BC, uye 298290 BC kurwisa vaRoma. Pasinei nokukunda kukuru vaRoma paHondo yeCaudine Forks321 B.C., vaSamnidhi vakapedzisira vakundwa. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vasisina simba zvikuru, vaSamnita vakazobatsira Pyrrhus uye vamwe vakaenda kuna Hannibal muhondo dzavo 280275 BC uye 218-201 BC vachirwisa Roma. Vakarwawo kubva muna 91 BC muhondo yeSocial uye gare gare muhondo yevagari vemo 82 BC sevabatsiri vemakonsula eRoma Papirius Carbo naGaius Marius Mudiki vachipesana naLucius Cornelius Sulla, akavakunda nemutungamiri wavo Pontius Telesinus muhondo yeColline Gate 82 BC. Pakupedzisira vakabatanidzwa navaRoma, uye vakarega kuvapo savanhu vakasiyana. 