The Opici were an ancient italic people of the
Latino-Faliscan group who lived in the region of
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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. They settled in the area in the late Bronze Age but their territory was later conquered during the Iron Age by the
Osci
The Osci (also called Oscans, Opici, Opsci, Obsci, Opicans) were an Italic people of Campania and Latium adiectum before and during Roman times. They spoke the Oscan language, also spoken by the Samnites of Southern Italy. Although the lang ...
, another Italic people but of the
Osco-Umbrian
The Osco-Umbrian, Sabellic or Sabellian languages are an extinct group of Italic languages, the Indo-European languages that were spoken in Central and Southern Italy by the Osco-Umbrians before being replaced by Latin, as the power of Ancient Rom ...
group.
Sources
* Giacomo Devoto, ''Preistoria e storia delle regioni d'Italia'', 1a ed., Florence, Sansoni Università, 1974. P. 123.
* Giacomo Devoto, ''Gli antichi Italici'', 2a ed., Florence, Vallecchi, 1951. P. 137.
Ancient peoples of Italy