Editing 299 BC

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Year '''299 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 Paetinus and Torquatus/Corvus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 455 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 299 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 ====
* The consul Marcus Fulvius Paetinus sacks the [[Umbria|Umbrian]] city of Nequinum, which Rome had been besieging since the previous year, and he possibly also fights with success against the [[Sabines]].
* [[Third Samnite War]]:
:* A coalition of raiders from [[Cisalpine Gaul|Cisalpine]] and [[Transalpine Gaul]] invade [[Etruria]] and are paid off by the [[Etruscans]]. 
:* Rome accuses the Etruscans of seeking to ally with the Gauls against Rome. The consul [[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]] marches an army into Etruria but dies three days after falling from his horse. The new consul [[Marcus Valerius Corvus]] ravages Etruria, destroying villages in an attempt to provoke the Etruscans into battle.
:* Rome allies with the [[Picentes]].
:* The [[Samnites]] invade [[Lucania]] after the latter refuses to join them in alliance. The Lucanians suffer several defeats and lose multiple towns.<ref>{{cite book|first= Polybius|last= of Megalopolis|title=Histories 2.19.1-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Titus|last= Livius|title=Ab Urbe Condita 10.9-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Dionysius|last= of Halicarnassus|title=Roman Antiquities 16.11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= S. P.|last= Oakley|title=Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X, 4 : Book X}}</ref>

==== China ====
* The [[State of Qin]] annexes eight cities of the state of [[Chu (state)|Chu]]. Chu then sends an envoy to ask the King of Huai to go to Qin to negotiate peace. [[Qu Yuan]] risks his life to go up to the court to persuade the King of Huai not to go to the negotiation.
* The [[State of Zhao]] annexes the [[State of Zhongshan]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin.}}</ref>
* [[King Wuling of Zhao]] abdicates the throne of [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] to his son.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]], [[Roman consul]]

== References ==
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