Editing 297 BC

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The year '''297 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Mus''' (or, less frequently, '''457 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 297 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 consul [[Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC)|Publius Decius Mus]] intercepts and defeats a force of [[Apulia|Apulians]] near Maleventum, who were intending to reinforce the main Samnite army.
:* The consul [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] defeats an attempted ambush by the [[Samnites|Samnite]] army in the [[Battle of Tifernum]], killing 3400, capturing 830, and causing the army to flee. He then invades Samnium and storms the town of Cimetra.<ref>{{cite book|first= Titus|last= Livius|title=Ab Urbe Condita 10.14-15}}</ref>

==== Bithynia ====
* [[Zipoetes I of Bithynia|Zipoetes I]] assumes the title of ''[[basileus]]'' (king) in [[Bithynia]].

==== Greece ====
* Following [[Cassander]]'s death from illness, [[Philip IV of Macedon|Philip IV]], Cassander's eldest son, succeeds his father as King of [[Macedon]], but soon after coming to the throne, he suffers from a wasting disease and dies. [[Antipater II of Macedon|Antipater]], the next son, rules jointly with his brother [[Alexander V of Macedon|Alexander V]].
* [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] returns to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] with the aim of becoming master of Macedonia. While Demetrius is in Greece, [[Lysimachus]] seizes his possessions in [[Asia Minor]].
* [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] decides to support [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] and restores him to his kingdom. At first, Pyrrhus reigns with a kinsman, [[Neoptolemus II of Epirus]] (who is a son of [[Cleopatra of Macedonia]] and a nephew of [[Alexander the Great]]), but soon he has him assassinated.

==== India ====
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]] goes to Sravana Belagola, near [[Mysore]], to live in the way of [[Jainism|Jains]].
* [[Bindusara]], his son, ascends to the [[Pataliputra]] throne.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* King [[Cassander]] of [[Macedon]], one of the [[diadochi|diadochoi]] ("successors"), the Macedonian generals who have fought over the empire of [[Alexander the Great]] after his death (b. c. [[358 BC]])
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]], Emperor of the [[Maurya Empire]] in India, r. 322–297 BC (approximate date)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livius.org/man-md/mauryas/mauryas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226183742/https://www.livius.org/man-md/mauryas/mauryas.html|archive-date=26 February 2012|title=Maurya |publisher=Livius}}</ref>

== References ==
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