298 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC

Years: 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC - 298 BC - 297 BC 296 BC 295 BC 294 BC 293 BC

Events

• Third Samnite War: The Samnites defeat the Romans under Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus in the battle of Camerinum, first battle of the war.
• Bindusara succeeds his father Chandragupta Maurya as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.

Deaths

• Chandragupta Maurya, Indian emperor