296 BCE

The temple to Bellona is erected at the south end of the prata Flaminia, later the Circus Flaminius, in Rome. Gellius has a powerful warband of Semnones reinforce the anti-Roman coalition, which is also joined by yet more cities of the Umbrians. The consul Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens and the proconsuls Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Publius Decius Mus devastate the lands of Samnium.

In the 290s BC, the 3rd century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Ptolemy makes peace with Demetrius Poliorcetes, to whom he betrothes his daughter Ptolemais.source

Conflict & Security

  • Volumnius launches a surprise attack against a Samnite column that had been raiding Campania. He frees 7400 Campanian prisoners, kills 6000 Samnites, and captures 2500 Samnites, including the general Statius Minacius and four military tribunes.source
  • The Samnite-Etruscan coalition campaigns against the consul Appius Claudius Caecus in Etruria and inflicts several defeats on the Romans.source
  • Gellius has a powerful warband of Semnones reinforce the anti-Roman coalition, which is also joined by yet more cities of the Umbrians.source
  • Volumnius joins Appius in Etruria and they defeat the Samnite-Etruscan coalition in a battle, killing 6900 and capturing 2120.source
  • The Samnite noble Gellius Egnatius leads an army into Umbria and makes an alliance with the majority of the Etruscan city-states and some of the Umbrian cities.source
  • Following the departure of Gellius, the Romans in Samnium attack walled positions. Volumnius captures three forts, Decius captures the town of Murgantia, and Fabius captures the city of Romulea and the town of Ferentinum.source
  • The consul Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens and the proconsuls Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Publius Decius Mus devastate the lands of Samnium.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Volumnius orders Fabius to march into Lucania, where he stamps out pro-Samnite disturbances against the ruling class.source

Religion & Belief

  • The temple to Bellona is erected at the south end of the prata Flaminia, later the Circus Flaminius, in Rome.source