Samniumball

Samniumball was an ancient South Italic confederacy, whom were related to the Sabines. They invented the maniple system, having a minor war with Rome from 343 to 341 BC, then allying Etruscanball and Lucaniball in the Second Samnite War to try to defeat SPQRball, which lasted 22 years. In the Third Samnite War they even allied Gaulball in the Third Samnite war, nearly managing to destroy SPQRball, but losing and becoming vassal socii. They then rebelled a couple times: once during the Pyrrhic Wars with Epirusball, another time during the Second Punic War with Carthageball and at last in the Social War, losing its vassal socii status, becoming integrated into SPQRball, then allying Marius in his civil war with Sulla, who massacred the Samnites, nearly erasing them from history.