Samnite Wars
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Were a series of wars between the the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome.
Chronology
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Was a war between the Roman Republic and the Samnites that took place mainly in Campania and Samnium.
January 326 BC: The Samnites took possession of Neapolis in 327 BC.
January 319 BC: In 320 BC, the Roman Republic, led by the consul Lucius Papirius Cursor, defeated the Samnites in an open battle in front of Lucera, a city in Apulia. This victory led to the conquest of Lucera by the Romans.
January 317 BC: The Romans conquered Canusio and Teano in Apulia.
January 316 BC: In 317 BC, the territory of Nerulo in Lucania was conquered by the Roman Republic. This marked a significant expansion of Roman influence in the region, as they continued to assert their dominance over neighboring territories.
January 316 BC: The city of Nerulo was founded in Lucania in 317 BC.
January 314 BC: Conquests of Rome during the Siege of Saticula.
January 313 BC: In 314 BC, the Roman Republic conquered the cities of Sora, Ausona, Minturno, and Vescia with the help of traitors. These cities had joined the Samnites, a group of Italic tribes who were in conflict with Rome.
January 312 BC: In 313 BC the Romans took the city of Nola from the Samnites.
January 303 BC: In 305 BC the Romans achieved the decisive victory in the battle of Boviano following which, in 304 BC, the tribes of Sannio asked for peace in Rome, putting an end to the Second Samnite War.
January 325 BC: In 326 BC Neapolis was conquered by the Romans, while retaining Greek character and institutions.
Was a war between of the Roman Republic against the Samnites and their allies (in particular the Etruscans) that resulted in the Roman hegemony over most of central and southern italy.
January 294 BC: Lucio Volumnio Flamma Violente, with proconsular powers, defeated the Samnites near Triferno.
January 289 BC: From Aquilonia, where the Legio Linteata had fought, some survivors took refuge in Bovianum from where they reorganized and led a desperate resistance that lasted until 290, with the last, very hard campaign conducted by the consuls Manio Curio Dentato and Publio Cornelio Rufino. With the victory over the Samnites, the Romans conquered a hegemonic position throughout the central south.
January 289 BC: The definitive submission of the Samnites to Rome was sanctioned by the third Samnite war (298-290 BC).
