294 B.C. was marked by raiding by both sides and several battles. One of the battles saw the Samnites taking advantage of a thick fog to assault a Roman camp. They captured the tent of the quaestor (the lowest elected official who supervised the treasury; they were sometimes assigned Read more…
Rome then went further into Samnium in 321 BC during the Second Samnite War. The Samnite general Gaius Pontius (Caius Ponius) was a “consummate warrior and commander.” High praise from Livy. He disguised some of his men as shepherds and had them tell the Romans that its ally Apulia Read more…
Here is a story from the Second Samnite War (sometimes called the Great Samnite War). The war was from 326 – 304 B.C.E. and is considered by most historians to be Rome’s greatest challenge during its conquest of central Italy. After Neapolis (Naples) was taken in 326, the Romans went Read more…