1) Gladiator type 2) Italian 
Samnite is an adjective meaning `having to do with ancient Samnium.` Samnite can also mean ...
(from the article `gladiator`) There were various classes of gladiators, distinguished by their arms or modes of fighting. The Samnites fought with the national weapons—a large ...a member of the ancient warlike tribes inhabiting the mountainous centre of southern Italy. These tribes, who spoke Oscan and were probably an ... [10 related articles]
Member of ancient warlike tribes inhabiting the mountainous centre of southern Italy. They formed a league and were involved in a series of three wars (343-341 BC, 316-304 BC, and 298-290 BC)...
The pre-Augustan term for a secutor. A gladiator who was equipped as the people of Samnium, with a large oblong shield, visored helmet with a large crest and plume, an ocrea on his left leg, arm guard and short sword or spear. The Samnites were a prototype for most of the gladiators who would follow. After the Roman defeat by Samnium in 308 BC, the…...
[n] - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
noun an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans