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before Roman annexation, the frontier between Messapic and Oscan ran through Frentania-Irpinia-Lucania-Apulia. A gradual process of 'Oscanization' and 'Samnitization' took place, attested in contemporary sources by the coexistence of dual identities within individual settlements. In these regions, Oscan- and Lucanian-speaking groups interacted and intermingled with the Daunian population in varying configurations. Thus, Larinum,

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