Editing 295 BC

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Year '''295 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. It was known in the [[Roman Republic]] as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Mus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 459 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 295 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Third Samnite War]]:
:* The [[Samnites]] defeat the propraetor [[Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus]] in [[Umbria]] in the [[Battle of Camerinum]].
:* The proconsul [[Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens]] defeats a [[Samnites|Samnite]] army at Mt Tifernus and invades [[Samnium]].
:* The consuls [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] and [[Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC)|Publius Decius Mus]] march to Sentinum in Umbria. Facing a coalition army of Samnites, Semnones, Etruscans and Umbrians, they order the propraetors [[Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus]] and [[Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC)|Lucius Postumius Megellus]], who were initially tasked with defending Rome, to raid Etruria as far as [[Clusium]]. This provokes the Etruscans to march to their homeland's defence, taking the Umbrians with them. In the subsequent [[Battle of Sentinum]] against the Samnites and Semnones, Decius is killed in an act of [[Devotio]], and Fabius wins the battle. [[Gellius Egnatius]], the mastermind behind the coalition, is cut down in the fighting, along with 25,000 Samnites and Semnones killed and 8000 captured.
:* A force of Samnite fugitives are defeated by the [[Paeligni]].
:* Fulvius defeats a united force of Etruscans from Clusium and [[Perugia|Perusia]], and Fabius marches into Etruria and inflicts a further defeat on the Perusians.
:* Volumnius and the praetor [[Appius Claudius Caecus]] (who is given command over Decius' army) defeat a Samnite army in the Stellate Plains, killing 16,300 and capturing 2700.<ref>{{cite book|first= Polybius|last= of Megalopolis|title=Histories 2.19.5-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Titus|last= Livius|title=Ab Urbe Condita 10.25-31}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] &ndash; The first [[Roman temple|temple]] to [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC)|Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges]].

==== Greece ====
* [[Athens]] falls to [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] after a bitter siege, and its tyrant Lachares is killed.
* The king of [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedon]], [[Antipater II of Macedon|Antipater II]], murders his mother [[Thessalonike of Macedon|Thessalonike]], accusing her of being too fond of his brother and co-ruler [[Alexander V of Macedon|Alexander V]].
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== Births ==
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], Greek poet and [[librarian]] (approximate date)
* [[Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus)|Ptolemy]], son of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] (d. [[272 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gellius Egnatius]], Roman military leader of the [[Samnites]]
* [[Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC)|Publius Decius Mus]], Roman consul (killed in the [[Battle of Sentinum]])
* [[Thessalonike of Macedon]], daughter of king [[Philip II of Macedon]] and wife of [[Cassander]] (b. [[352 BC]])
* [[King Wuling of Zhao|Wuling of Zhao]], Chinese king of [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] (b. [[340 BC]])
* [[Zhuang Zhou]], Chinese [[Chinese philosophy|philosopher]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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