What is 297 BC?
{{Year nav|-297}} {{BC year in topic|297}} __NOTOC__ Year '''297 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Republic ==== * [[Fabius Maximus Rullianus]] becomes [[Roman consul|consul]] for the fourth time. He defeats the [[Samnites]] in a battle near Tifernum. ==== Greece ==== * After [[Cassander]]'s death from illness, [[Philip IV of Macedon|Philip IV]], Cassander's eldest son, becomes King of [[Macedon]]. Soon after this he suffers from a wasting disease and dies. [[Antipater II of Macedon|Antipater]], the next son, rules jointly with his brother [[Alexander V of Macedon|Alexander V]]. * [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] returns to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] to become master of Macedonia. While Demetrius is in Greece, [[Lysimachus]] seizes his possessions in [[Asia Minor]]. * [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] decides to support [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] and restores him to his kingdom. At first Pyrrhus reigns with a kinsman, [[Neoptolemus II of Epirus]]. But he has him assassinated. ==== India ==== * [[Chandragupta Maurya]] goes to Sravana Belagola near [[Mysore]] to live in the way of [[Jainism|Jains]]. * [[Bindusara]] his son goes to the [[Pataliputra]] throne. {{births}} == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * King [[Cassander]] of [[Macedon]] (b. c. [[358 BC]]) {{commons category}} [[Category:297 BC| ]]