295 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
Decades: | 320s BC · 310s BC · 300s BC · 290s BC · 280s BC · 270s BC · 260s BC |
Years: | 298 BC · 297 BC · 296 BC · 295 BC · 294 BC · 293 BC · 292 BC |
295 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 295 BC CCXCIV BC |
Ab urbe condita | 459 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 29 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy I Soter, 29 |
Ancient Greek era | 121st Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4456 |
Bengali calendar | −887 |
Berber calendar | 656 |
Buddhist calendar | 250 |
Burmese calendar | −932 |
Byzantine calendar | 5214–5215 |
Chinese calendar | 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2402 or 2342 — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2403 or 2343 |
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 before ROC 民前2206年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1762 |
Seleucid era | 17/18 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 248–249 |
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Year 295 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. It was known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Mus (or, less frequently, year 459 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 295 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- The Battle of Sentinum west of Anconum ends in defeat for a formidable coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Umbri, and their Gallic allies at the hands of the Roman legions commanded by consuls Publius Decius Mus (who is killed in the battle) and Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus. The Romans lose nearly 8,000 men but kill some 25,000 of the enemy and force peace on the Etruscans.
- August 19 – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War
Greece
- Athens falls to Demetrius Poliorcetes after a bitter siege, and its tyrant Lachares is killed.
- The King of Macedon, Antipater II, murders his mother Thessalonike, accusing her of being too fond of his brother and co-ruler Alexander V.
Births
- Apollonius of Rhodes, Greek poet
Deaths
- Thessalonike of Macedon, daughter of king Philip II of Macedon and wife of Cassander (b. 352 BC)
- Publius Decius Mus, Roman consul (killed in the battle of Sentinum)
- Zhuangzi, Chinese philosopher
- King Wuling of Zhao, king of the Chinese State of Zhao
References
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