Samnis or Samnes may refer to: * An inhabitant of

Samnium Samnium () is a Latin exonym for a region of Southern Italy anciently inhabited by the Samnites. Their own endonyms were ''Safinim'' for the country (attested in one inscription and one coin legend) and ''Safineis'' for the The language of t ...

, a region of southern Italy conquered by Rome in the 4th century BC *

Samnite (gladiator type) A Samnite (Latin ''Samnis'', plural ''Samnites'') was a Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a warrior from Samnium: a short sword (''gladius''), a rectangular shield ('' scutum''), a greave (ocrea), and a helmet. Warriors ...

, a class of gladiator from the Roman Republican period

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