296 BC
Year 296 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Violens and Caecus. The denomination 296 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
- Third Samnite War:
- The temple to Bellona is erected at the south end of the prata Flaminia, later the Circus Flaminius, in Rome.