Editing Abruzzo (section)

=== Ancient history ===
{{See also|Italic peoples|Roman expansion in Italy|Roman Italy}}
[[File:Guerriero di capestrano, da capestrano, 600-550 ac ca. 02.jpg|thumb|[[Warrior of Capestrano]] is the most famous example of Abruzzi [[Italic peoples|Italic]] funerary [[sculpture]] ([[Museo Archeologico Nazionale d'Abruzzo]], [[Chieti]]).]]
At the end of the [[Iron Age]], Abruzzo was inhabited by different tribes, including those defined by ancient Roman tradition as [[Sabelli]]:<ref>{{treccani|sabelli|Sabelli}}</ref> [[Oscan language|Oscan-speaking]] [[Pentri]], [[Caraceni (tribe)|Carricini]] and [[Frentani]], and, more generically, [[Osco-Umbrian languages|Osco-Umbrian]] [[Aequi]], [[Praetutii]], [[Vestini]], [[Marrucini]], [[Marsi]] and [[Peligni]].<ref name=Sapere.it/>

Considered strong warriors by [[Ancient history|ancient]] writers, they fought against the Romans in the [[Samnite Wars]] (from 343 to 290 BC). Some tribes accepted the alliance with the Romans, whereas others surrendered after the Samnite Wars. Following progressive [[Romanization (cultural)|Romanization]], they supported the Romans and contributed to many victories in the [[3rd century BC|3rd]] and [[2nd century BC|2nd centuries BC]].<ref>{{treccani|popoli-e-culture-dell-italia-preromana-i-popoli-dell-area-medio-adriatica_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)|Popoli e culture dell'Italia preromana. I popoli dell'area medio-adriatica|Gianluca Tagliamonte|2004}}</ref> They fought again with Rome during the [[Social War (91–87 BC)]] to gain [[political rights]] and created the ephemeral state called Italia with [[Corfinio]] as the capital. After the Social War, they obtained [[Roman citizenship]]<ref>{{treccani|guerre-sociali|Guerre sociali}}</ref> and in the [[Roman Empire|Imperial]] period favoured economic activities such as [[trade]] and [[pastoralism]].<ref name=Sapere.it/> On the basis of a [[Roman Italy#Augustan organization|division]] by [[Augustus]], the territory of what is now Abruzzo was part of "Regio V [[Picenum]]" and especially "Regio IV [[Sabina (region)|Sabina]] et [[Samnium]]". Much later, the region corresponded to the Valeria province, according to [[Diocletian]] decisions, and was among the first to see the arrival of [[Christianity]].<ref name=Italiana>{{treccani|abruzzo_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)|Abruzzo|Cesare Rivera, Roberto Amalgia, Camillo Giulio Bertoni, Ugo Antonielli, Ignazio Carlo Gavini, Giulio Fara|1929}}</ref><ref name=medievale>{{treccani|abruzzo_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Medievale)|Abruzzo|M. Andaloro|1991}}</ref><ref>{{treccani|l-italia-romana-delle-regiones-regio-v-picenum_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)/|L'Italia romana delle Regiones. Regio V Picenum. Il Mondo dell'Archeologia (2004)|Manlio Lilli|2004}}</ref>

Evidence from archeological sites shows that many cities in Abruzzo date back to ancient times. [[Corfinio]] was known as Corfinium when it was the chief city of the [[Paeligni]], and it became the capital of "Italia" against the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] during the [[Social War (91–87 BC)|Social War]].<ref>{{treccani|corfinium_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Antica)|Corfinium}}</ref> Today's [[Chieti]] has been inhabited since the [[Chalcolithic]] era, and was an important center of [[Marrucini]] (Teate Marrucinorum).<ref>{{treccani|teate-marrucinorum_(Enciclopedia-dell'-Arte-Antica)|Teate Marrucinorum|1997}}</ref> [[Atri, Abruzzo|Atri]] was known as Hatria<ref>{{treccani|atri|Atri}}</ref> and [[Teramo]] was known variously in ancient times as Interamnia and Teramne.<ref>{{treccani|teramo|Guerre|Teramo}}</ref> Pinna (today [[Penne, Abruzzo|Penne]]), Anxanum ([[Lanciano]]), Hortona ([[Ortona]]), Histonium ([[Vasto]]), [[Sulmona]] and Marruvium ([[San Benedetto dei Marsi]]) are among the settlements that are still inhabited, while others are no longer so, such as Cluviae near [[Casoli]].<ref>{{treccani|l-italia-romana-delle-regiones-regio-iv-sabina-et-samnium_(Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia)|L'Italia romana delle Regiones. Regio IV Sabina et Samnium|Andrea R. Staffa|2004}}</ref>