The First, Second, and Third Samnite wars, between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium, extended over half a century, involving almost all the states of Italy, and ended in Roman domination of the Samnites. The tribes of Samnium, who held the Apennines to the southeast of Latium, were Rome's most formidable rivals.

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Third Samnite War (298 to 290 BC)

• 298 BC - Start of the Third Samnite War.
• 298 BC - The Romans capture the Samnite cities of Taurasia, Bovianum Vetus and Aufidena.
• 297 BC - Consul Fabius Maximus Rullianus defeats the Samnites near Tifernum (Liv. 10.14).
• 295 BC - Battle of Sentinum.
• 294 BC - Samnite victory at Luceria.
• 293 BC - Battle of Aquilonia.
• 291 BC - The Romans storm the Samnite city of Venusia.
• 290 BC - End of the third Samnite War.