The
Osci (also called
Opici,
Opsci,
Obsci,
Opicans, ), were an
Italic people of
Campania and
Latium adiectum during Roman times. They spoke the
Oscan language, also spoken by the
Samnites of Southern
Italy. Although the language of the Samnites was called Oscan, the Samnites were never called Osci, or the Osci Samnites.