295 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	4th centuryBC 3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC
Decades:	310sBC 300sBC 290sBC 280sBC 270sBC
Years:	298BC 297BC 296BC 295BC 294BC 293BC 292BC

295 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	295 BC CCXCV BC
Ab urbe condita	459
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,29
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter,29
Ancient Greek era	121stOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4456
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−887
Berber calendar	656
Buddhist calendar	250
Burmese calendar	−932
Byzantine calendar	5214–5215
Chinese calendar	Ất sửuNiên (WoodOx) 2403 or 2196 — to — Bính dần niên (FireTiger) 2404 or 2197
Coptic calendar	−578 – −577
Discordian calendar	872
Ethiopian calendar	−302 – −301
Hebrew calendar	3466–3467
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−238 – −237
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2806–2807
Holocene calendar	9706
Iranian calendar	916 BP – 915 BP
Islamic calendar	944 BH – 943 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2039
Minguo calendar	2206 beforeROC Dân tiền 2206 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1762
Seleucid era	17/18AG
Thai solar calendar	248–249
Tibetan calendar	Âm mộc ngưu niên (female Wood-Ox) −168 or −549 or −1321 — to — Dương hỏa hổ niên (male Fire-Tiger) −167 or −548 or −1320

Year295 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.It was known in theRoman Republicas theYear of the Consulship of Rullianus and Mus(or, less frequently,year 459Ab urbe condita). The denomination 295 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Third Samnite War:

• TheSemnonesdefeat the propraetorLucius Cornelius Scipio BarbatusinUmbriain theBattle of Camerinum.
• The proconsulLucius Volumnius Flamma Violensdefeats aSamnitearmy at Mt Tifernus and invadesSamnium.
• The consulsQuintus Fabius Maximus RullianusandPublius Decius Musmarch to Sentinum in Umbria. Facing a coalition army of Samnites, Semnones, Etruscans and Umbrians, they order the propraetorsGnaeus Fulvius Maximus CentumalusandLucius Postumius Megellus,who were initially tasked with defending Rome, to raid Etruria as far asClusium.This provokes the Etruscans to march to their homeland's defence, taking the Umbrians with them. In the subsequentBattle of Sentinumagainst the Samnites and Semnones, Decius is killed in an act ofDevotio,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 thePaeligni.
• Fulvius defeats a united force of Etruscans from Clusium andPerusia,and Fabius marches into Etruria and inflicts a further defeat on the Perusians.
• Volumnius and the praetorAppius Claudius Caecus(who is given command over Decius' army) defeat a Samnite army in the Stellate Plains, killing 16,300 and capturing 2700.

• August 19– The firsttempletoVenus,theRoman goddessof love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated byQuintus Fabius Maximus Gurges.

Greece

• Athensfalls toDemetrius Poliorcetesafter a bitter siege, and its tyrant Lachares is killed.
• The king ofMacedon,Antipater II,murders his motherThessalonike,accusing her of being too fond of his brother and co-rulerAlexander V.

Births

• Apollonius of Rhodes,Greek poet andlibrarian(approximate date)
• Ptolemy,son ofPyrrhus of Epirus(d.272 BC)

Deaths

• Gellius Egnatius,Roman military leader of theSamnites
• Publius Decius Mus,Roman consul (killed in theBattle of Sentinum)
• Thessalonike of Macedon,daughter of kingPhilip II of Macedonand wife ofCassander(b.352 BC)
• Wuling of Zhao,Chinese king ofZhao(b.340 BC)
• Zhuang Zhou,Chinesephilosopher(approximate date)