291 BC

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Year of the Metal horse庚午(at the beginning of Earth Snake己巳)

Syria: 21/22 ( the year in October )

Events

  • In the Third Samnitenkrieg the Romans stationed in Venusia a 20,000 -strong garrison. The Via Appia is extended beyond Capua addition to Venusia; the city controls the area between the Samnites and Taranto.

Died

  • 292/291 BC: Menander, Greek poet (* 342/341 BC)
  • Year ( 3rd century BC)
  • 291 BC
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