298 BCE

Agathocles, king of Syracuse, assists the Italian Greeks against the Bruttians and supports the Greeks against the Romans. Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire. The consuls Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus campaign against the Etruscans. Scipio fights a costly indecisive battle near Volaterrae.

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

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.source

Conflict & Security

  • Agathocles, king of Syracuse, assists the Italian Greeks against the Bruttians and supports the Greeks against the Romans.source
  • Fulvius invades central Samnium and defeats a Samnite army near Bovianum. He then captures Aufidena and possibly also Bovianum.source
  • Ptolemy finally brings the rebellious region of Cyrene under his control. He places the region under the rule of his stepson Magas.source
  • The Lucanians seek Roman aid against the invasion of the Samnites. In agreeing to take the Lucanians under their protection, the Romans commit to war against the Samnites.source
  • King Huai of Chu visits the State of Qin to negotiate peace but is detained.source
  • Ptolemy gives his stepdaughter Theoxena in marriage to Agathocles, the tyrant of Syracuse (in south-eastern Sicily).source
  • Scipio captures Taurasia and Cisauna in eastern and south-eastern Samnium and subdues anti-Roman elements in Lucania. Fulvius possibly defeats a Lucanian force as well.source
  • The consuls Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus campaign against the Etruscans. Scipio fights a costly indecisive battle near Volaterrae.source