Editing 293 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Third Samnite War]]:
:* [[Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC)|Lucius Postumius Megellus]], a consul of the previous year, avoids prosecution after he is appointed legate to consul [[Spurius Carvilius Maximus]].
:* The consul Carvilius captures the city of Amiternum, and consul Lucius Papirius Cursor captures the city of Duronia.
:* On the same day that Carvilius storms the major Samnite city of Cominium, Papirius, aided by former consuls [[Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens]] and [[Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus]], defeats the 'Linen Legion' in the [[Battle of Aquilonia]] and captures the city of Aquilonia during the Samnite retreat. The Samnites suffer 20,340 killed and 3870 captured in the Battle of Aquilonia and 4880 killed and 11,400 captured in the Siege of Cominium.
:* Carvilius captures the towns of Velia, Palumbinum, and, after an initial defeat, Herculaneum, and after fighting the Samnites in the field, Papirius besieges and captures the city of Saepinum.
:* Due to renewed hostility among some of the [[Etruscans]], who are joined by the [[Falisci]], Carvilius marches to [[Etruria]], storms the town of Troilum and captures five forts. The Falisci then sue for peace and receive a one-year truce.<ref>{{cite book|first= Titus|last= Livius|title=Ab Urbe Condita 10.38-47}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Cassius|last= Dio|title=Roman History 8.29}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= John|last= Zonaras|title=Epitome of Histories 7.26}}</ref>
* The worship of [[Aesculapius]] is introduced from [[Epidaurus]] to Rome in the hope of ending a plague.