Editing 314 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* Success seems to be going the [[Samnites]]' way in their ongoing battles against the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. [[Campania]] is on the verge of deserting Rome. Peace is established between Rome and some Samnite towns.
* The Roman [[Roman consul|consuls]] march their combined army to [[Tarracina]] and defeat a [[Samnites|Samnite]] army there; killing 10,000 Samnites in the battle and the subsequent pursuit.<ref name="Diod76">{{cite book|last=Siculus|first=Diodorus|title=Library|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/19D*.html#76|volume=XIX|chapter=76}}</ref>
* While the consuls are fighting the Samnites at Tarracina, the Romans elect [[Gaius Maenius]] as [[Roman Dictator|Dictator]] with [[Marcus Foslius Flaccinator (consul 318 BC)|Marcus Foslius Flaccinator]] as his [[Magister Equitum]] (Master-of-Horse, Second-in-Command) and send them into [[Campania]] at the head of a large army. When Maenius and Foslius arrive near [[Capua]], the Campanians, hearing about the defeat of the Samnites at Tarracina, start negotiating terms with the Romans; they surrender those who are guilty of the uprising and in turn are reinstated in their alliance with Rome.<ref name="Diod76" />