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Hence it is the most obvious supposition that the Sabines themselves as well as the Samnites were originally of the Opic race. Professor Otfried MuUer, however, has conjectured that the Sabines had previously a different speech, and that after conquering Campania they adopted the Oscan language, from the population already existing in the countries which they subdued, though a part of it was at that time subject to the Etruscans. This language they contributed to extend into the parts of Southe...rn Italy where their colonies were established. Thus the Bruttii are known to have spoken the Oscan lan- guage, and even Ennius, a native of Calabria, knew the Oscan as his native speech. The different nations of Southern Italy with which Rome had to contend after her union with Latium belonged to one tribe or the other of this race. The iEqui and Volsci were * Lib. ▼. p. 228. Ed. Casaab. Digitized by Google 214 WAS THE LANGUAGE OP probably Opic tribes of the old Ausonian stem; the Hemici and the Marsi belonged to the Sabine branch of the same stock.
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