Editing Samnite Wars (section)

==Chronology==
{{Main|Timeline of the Samnite Wars}}

'''First Samnite War (344 to 341 BC) '''
* 343 BC – Start of the First Samnite War.
* 342 BC – [[Battle of Mount Gaurus]].
* 341 BC – Rome withdraws from the conflict with the Samnites and enters the [[Latin War]] on the side of the Samnites.

'''Second (or Great) Samnite War (326 to 304 BC)'''
* 327 BC – The Samnites declared war.
* 327 BC – Start of the Roman siege of Neapolis.
* 326 BC – Capture of Neapolis ([[Naples]]).
* 325 BC – Land of the [[Vestini]] ravaged and two of their towns seized by Romans because they had allied with the Samnites.
* 324 BC – Samnites defeated and sued for peace, but granted only a one-year truce.
* 324 BC – First Roman operations in [[Daunia]], northern [[Apulia]].
* 321 BC – Roman humiliation at the [[Battle of the Caudine Forks|Caudine Forks]].
* 320 BC – Destruction of Fregellae by the Samnites.
* 320 BC – Romans seized [[Lucera|Luceria]] and freed the Romans hostages.
* 319 BC – Romans subdued [[Satricum]], which had rebelled and hosted a Samnite garrison.
* 318 BC – Samnites sought peace. Rome turned this down.
* 318 BC – The Apulian the cities of Teanum and [[Canusium]] submitted to Rome.
* 317 BC – Romans seized  [[Nerulum]] in Lucania.
* 316 BC – Roman besieged [[Saticula]].
* 316 BC – Samnites besieged Plistica.
* 315 BC – Samnites seized Plistica.
* 315 BC – [[Battle of Lautulae]], Roman defeat
* 313 BC – Romans seized [[Nola]].
* 314 BC – Romans destroyed the [[Ausoni]] cities of [[Ausona]], [[Minturnae]] and [[Vescia]].
* 314 BC – Romans defeated Samnites near [[Capua]].
* 314 BC – Romans seized [[Sora, Lazio|Sora]].
* 313 BC – Romans established colonies at [[Suessa Aurunca]], Interamna Sucasina and the island of Pontiae.
* 313 BC – Samnites seized Roman garrison at Cluvius, Romans retook it.
* 313 BC – Romans sacked [[Bovianum Undecumanorum|Bovianum]].
* 311 BC – Romans defeated Samnites at unspecified location in Samnium.
* 311 BC – Beginning of war in [[Etruria]], [[Etruscans]] besieged [[Sutrium]], indecisive battle with Romans.
* 311 BC – Romans defeated Etruscans near Sutrium.
* 311 BC – Marcus Fabius' expedition through the Cimian Forest.
* 310 BC – Romans defeat Etruscans at unspecified location.
* 310 BC – The Etruscan cities of [[Perusia]] and [[Cortona]] and [[Arretium]] sued for peace and obtained a thirty-year truce.
* 310 BC – [[Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)|Battle of Lake Vadimo]] – Roman victory, the battle was said to have broken the might of the Etruscans for the first time.
* 310 BC – Samnites fought the consul Gaius Marcius at unspecified location, indecisive battle, Romans lost several officers, consul wounded.
* 309 BC – Etruscans broke the truce, Romans defeated them near [[Perusia]].
* 309 BC – Rome refused peace offers by Nuceria Alfaterna and seized it.
* 309 BC – Romans defeated Marsi and Paeligni who had allied with Samnites in separate battles at unspecified locations.
* 309 BC – Etruscans sued for peace, Rome only granted a one-year truce.
* 306 BC – Romans fought campaign against Salentini of southern Apulia and seized several towns
* 306 BC – Samnites defeated near [[Allifae]], some [[Hernici]] troops found among the enemy ranks, Rome investigated this, Hernici revolt.
* 305 BC – Samnites and Hernici isolated one of the Roman consul each, Hernici surrendered, Samnites defeated.
* 305 BC – Battle at Tifenum in Samnium, according to one source Romans defeated, according to another, they withdrew.
* 305 BC – Romans defeated Samnites at unspecified location in Samnium.
* 305 BC – Romans besieged Bovianum.
* 304 BC – Samnites sued for peace, end of the war.

'''Third Samnite War (298 to 290 BC) '''

* 298 BC – Start of the Third Samnite War.
* 298 BC – Battle of Volterrae.
* 298 BC – The Romans capture the Samnite cities of [[Bovianum Undecumanorum|Bovianum]] and [[Aufidena]] and/or, according to a dubious inscription, Taurasia and Cisauna.
* 297 BC – [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] defeats the Samnites near [[Tifernum]].
* 296 BC – Publius Decius Mus seized Murgantia, Romulea and Ferentium.
* 295 BC – [[Battle of Sentinum]].
* 294 BC – The Samintes nearly seized a Roman camp in an unspecified location but are repelled.
* 294 BC – Lucius Postumius seized Milionia and Feritrum, two unidentified Samnite towns and defeated Volsini in Etruria.
* 294 BC – Marcus Atilius was defeated at Luceria, but won another battle the next day. He then defeated Samnites who were trying to seize Interamna.
* 293 BC – Lucius Papirius seized Aquilonia and Saepinum in Samnium.
* 293 BC – Spurius Carvilius seized Cominium, Velia, Palumbinum and Herculaneum in Samnium.
* 293 BC – Spurius Carvilius seized Troilum and five fortresses in Etruria.
* 292 BC – Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges defeated by Caudine Samnites, then defeated them with the help of his father Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus.
* 291 BC – Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges seized Cominium Ocritum, a stronghold of the Pentri Samnites.
* 291 BC – Lucius Postimius Megellus seized Venusia, the chief town of the Hirpini Samnites.
* 290 BC – Roman operations to mop up last pockets of Samnite resistance; end of the war.