萨莫奈人（拉丁语：Samnite），一译萨谟奈人、萨姆奈特人、萨莫内人，是居住在意大利亚平宁山脉南部萨莫奈的一支萨贝利人部落。萨莫奈人使用奥斯坎语（印欧语系的一种）。萨莫奈人最早记录于跟罗马人的一个协议。萨莫奈人的帝国在公元前361年达到颠峰，之后其实力逐渐被罗马人消弱。公元前82年, 罗马终身独裁官苏拉（Lucius Cornelius Sulla）屠杀了萨莫奈人并奴役了他们，后来萨莫奈人成了角斗士的一种。

The Samnites, an Italic people, lived in Samnium in south-central Italy. They became involved in several wars with the Roman Republic up until the 1st century BC.

An Oscan-speaking people, the Samnites probably originated as an offshoot of the Sabines. The Samnites formed a confederation, consisting of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and Pentri. They allied with Rome against the Gauls in 354 BC, but later became enemies of the Romans and were soon involved in a series of three wars (343–341, 327–304, and 298–290) against the Romans. Despite a spectacular victory over the Romans at the Battle of the Caudine Forks (321), the Samnites were eventually subjugated. Although severely weakened, the Samnites later helped Pyrrhus and Hannibal in their wars (280–275 BC and 218-201 BC) against Rome. They also fought from 90 BC in the Social War and later in the civil war (82 BC) as allies of Gnaeus Papirius Carbo against Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who defeated them and their leader Pontius Telesinus at the Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC). By 82 BC, the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Sabines, after which they disappeared from history.