295 BC

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Year of The Fire Tiger丙寅( at the beginning of the year Wood Buffalo乙丑)

Syria: 17/18 ( the year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Western Mediterranean

  • In the Third Samnitenkrieg the Romans suffer under Lucius Cornelius Scipio barbatus in the Battle of Camerinum (now Camerino ) a defeat against the Samnites and their allies.
  • Battle of Sentinum ( at today Sassoferrato ): The Romans succeed in a decisive victory against the Samnitem and its allies, whereupon Celts, Etruscans and Umbrians with the Romans make peace. Publius Decius Mus sacrificed himself in battle.

Eastern Mediterranean

  • Demetrius I Poliorketes send a fleet against Athens, the Attica before but in a storm shipwrecked. Nevertheless, he manages to impose a naval blockade of Athens.
  • Ptolemy I of Egypt begins with the reoccupation of Cyprus. An attempt to help the Athenians with a fleet of 150 ships remains unsuccessful.
  • Seleucus wins Cilicia.
  • Lysimachus wins the Greek cities of Asia Minor.

Imperial China

  • Time of the Warring States: The State of Zhao ( in present-day Shanxi and Hebei ) annexed the territory Zhongshan ( around present-day Baoding ).

Culture and Religion

  • Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges inaugurated in Rome the first temple of Venus.

Born

  • Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek poet and scholar († 215 BC)

Died

  • Year ( 3rd century BC)
  • 295 BC
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