List of ancient Italic peoples

This list of ancient Italic peoples includes names of Indo-European peoples speaking Italic languages or otherwise considered Italic in sources from the late early 1st millennium BC to the early 1st millennium AD.

Ancestors

 * Proto-Indo-Europeans (Proto-Indo-European speakers)
 * Proto-Italics (Proto-Italic speakers)

Latino-Faliscans

 * Falisci
 * Capenates (in Capena and Ager Capenas, Capena land)
 * Falerii (in Falerii and Ager Faliscus)
 * Sardinia Falisci (in and around Peronia, northeastern Sardinia)
 * Aborigines (mythology) (Casci Latini) - Latium Sicels
 * Prisci Latini (Old Latins) (according to tradition and legend they were formed by the merger of Aborigines and Latium Sicels)
 * Latini (Latins (Italic tribe))
 * Abolani
 * Aesulani
 * Acienses
 * Albans (Albani) (Populi Albenses) (in Alba Longa Land, between the modern-day Lake Albano and Monte Cavo)
 * Antemnates (in Antemnae) (sometimes regarded as Sabines)
 * Bolani / Bovillani
 * Bubetani
 * Cusuetani (originally Latin tribe that was conquered and assimilated by the Volsci)
 * Coriolani, Old / Old Coriolani (originally Latin tribe that was conquered and assimilated by the Volsci)
 * Ficani (in Ficana Land)
 * Latin Fidenates (originally Latin tribe that was conquered and assimilated by the Etruscans, for some centuries Fidenates were Etruscans - the Fidenates Etruscans, however in the 8th century BC, Rome, after a war with Veii and Fidenae, conquered Fidenae and established a Roman Latin colony there - Fidenae Novae, and the Fidenae land was Latinized again)
 * Foreti / Foretii
 * Hortenses
 * Latinienses / Romans (Romani) (Ancient Romans) (originally in Rome and Ager Romanus or Ager Latinienses, Roman land, later throughout the Roman Empire)
 * Roman tribes (originally there were three tribes: Luceres, Ramnes and Tities, later with Roman expansion increased to 35)
 * Roman gentes (sing. gens - clan) (originally they were only Roman Latins, but later, with Roman expansion, several clans of other peoples were also included, such as the Sabines, Etruscans and other Italics)
 * Longulani (originally Latin tribe that was conquered and assimilated by the Volsci)
 * Macrales
 * Manates
 * Munienses
 * Mutucumenses
 * Numinienses
 * Octulani
 * Olliculani
 * Pedani
 * Polluscini (originally Latin tribe that was conquered and assimilated by the Volsci)
 * Querquetulani
 * Sicani, Latium (Latium Sicani) (not to be confused with the Sicily's Sicani)
 * Sisolenses
 * Tolerienses (in Toleria or Tolerium Land)
 * Tutienses
 * Velienses
 * Venetulani, Latium / Latium Venetulani (may have been an originally Venetian tribe that was Latinized and assimilated)
 * Vimitellarii
 * Vitellenses
 * Opici

Osco-Umbrians / Sabellians

 * Umbrians
 * Aequi
 * Hernici
 * Marsi
 * Praetutii (in Ager Praetutianus, their name gave origin to the name of Abruzzo region)
 * Sabines (Sabini)
 * South Picentes/South Picenes (Pupeneis)
 * Volsci
 * Oscans
 * Alfaterni (in Salerno region)
 * Aurunci (may have been the same people as the Ausones but with a different cognate name; Rhotacism: s > r)
 * Ausones (may have been the same people as the Aurunci but with a different cognate name)
 * Campanians (Campani)
 * Frentani (sometimes classified as Samnites, who they were originally descended from)
 * Lucanians
 * Bruttii
 * Marrucini
 * Paeligni
 * Picentini (in Picentini Mounts)
 * Samnites (Safineis)
 * Caraceni
 * Caudini
 * Hirpini
 * Pentri
 * Sidicini
 * Vestini

Other possible Italic peoples

 * Elymi? (Elymians)
 * Oenotri? (Oenotrians)
 * Itali
 * Morgetes?
 * Sicels (Siculi)
 * Rutuli?
 * Sicani?

Veneti
Usually they are included as an Italic people by many scholars. However other scholars argue that they could have been a transitional people between Celts and Italics, a Celticized Italic people or a Para-Celtic people.
 * Carni? (may have been a Celtic tribe)
 * Catali
 * Catari
 * Histri
 * Iapydes
 * Liburnians (Liburni)
 * Alutae (chief town: Aluus or Aloiis)
 * Assesiates
 * Buni
 * Burnistae
 * Caulici
 * Curictae (on the island of Curicta, now Krk)
 * Encheleae
 * Fertinates
 * Flanates (chief town: Flanona, which gave name to the Sinus Flanaticus)
 * Hymani (or Ismeni)
 * Hythmitae
 * Lacinienses
 * Lopsi (chief town: Lopsica, now Sveti Juraj)
 * Mentores
 * Olbonenses
 * Peucetiae
 * Stlupini
 * Syopii
 * Varvarini (chief town: Varvaria)
 * Secusses
 * Subocrini
 * Veneti Proper
 * Venetulani