[SunkenCiv]

Aerial view of Samnite burial excavation, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy

Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Salerno e Avellino

[SaxxonWoods]

I’m descended from the Samnites on my father’s side. He was born in Abruzzo. The only tribe that never surrendered to Rome, according to local history there.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In the case of the children, the bronze belts may reflect family status or hereditary rank,

Or....

This is my beloved child. I could not save him in this life but I will show the gods that this child was beloved and ask that he join me in the hall of the warriors.