The Marsi & Central Apennine Peoples in 218 B.C.

The Marsi & Central Apennine Peoples — Roman Republic › Socii (Italic Allies).

In the high Apennine country gather the toughest of Rome’s allies: the Marsi around Lake Fucinus, the Paeligni of Corfinium and Sulmo, the Marrucini of Teate, the Vestini and the Frentani. These Sabellian, Oscan-speaking highlanders furnish some of the best infantry in Italy — so staunch that Romans coined the proverb that there could be no triumph over the Marsi, nor without them.