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295 BCE

295 BCE in world history: 2 events and 2 deaths. 401 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 19 August

    Fabius Gurges dedicates Rome's first temple of Venus

    During the Third Samnite War, Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges dedicated the first Roman temple of Venus, to Venus Obsequens, near the Aventine Hill and the Circus Maximus. It was supposedly funded by fines imposed on women found guilty of adultery.

    Roman RepublicThird Samnite WarAventine Hill

  2. Battle

    Battle of Sentinum

    The Battle of Sentinum was fought in 295 BCE near Sentinum in Umbria, close to modern Sassoferrato, between Rome and a coalition of Samnites and Senone Gauls, with Etruscan and Umbrian backing.

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Died in 295 BCE 2

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