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Roman Timeline of the 3rd Century BC (0 words) |
 | 254 BC Birth of the Roman comedy playwright Plautus, in the town of Sarsina, Umbria, in Italy. |
| 239 BC Birth of the writer Quintus Ennius, born at the town of Rudiae in Calabria. |
| 212 BC The introduction of a new coinage to Rome, the denarius. |
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Samnite Wars information - Search.com (2070 words) |
| In 308 BC the Etruscans sued for peace which was granted on severe terms and in 304 BC the Samnites obtained peace on terms probably severe but not crushing. |
| During these same years Rome organized a rudimentary navy, constructed its first military roads (construction of the Via Appia was begun in 312 BC and of the Via Valeria in 306), and increased the size of its annual military levy as seen from the increase of annually elected military tribunes from 6 to 16. |
| 291 BC - The Romans storm the Samnite city of Venusia. |
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