Picenum

Picenum was a historic region on the Adriatic coast of north-central Italy, bordered by the Po Valley to the north, Umbria to the west and Samnium to the south.

Picenum was home to the eponymous Picentes, a people of mixed but at least partially Sabellic origin, though the area was also home to other related tribes such as the Praetutii. The Picentes were invaded by the Gallic Senones around 400 BC, who settled in the northern part of their territory and famously went on to sack Rome under Brennus. Additionally, parts of coastal Picenum would be colonized by the Greeks of Syrakousai shortly afterwards, further complicating the situation. The Romans allied with the Picentes against the Gauls in the late 4th/early 3rd Centuries BC, and annexed the region in the 260s BC.

Factions

 * Picentes
 * Umbri
 * Sabines
 * Marsi
 * Senones (only start here in the Pyrrhus Campaign, but they may spawn here or rarely elsewhere in northern Italy through a scripted event in the main Italy sandbox)

Cities

 * Ariminum
 * Pisaurum
 * Misa (Renamed to Senigallia in the Pyrrhus Campaign)
 * Auximum
 * Tolentinum
 * Firmum Picenum
 * Asculum
 * Pretut