Chief Actions: (1) Fregellæ, Sutrium, Lake Vadimonis, Bovianum; (2) Caudine Forks.
Results: Samnites sue for peace. They resign all their conquests but retain their independence within their native mountains.
c. Third Samnite War—298-290 B. C.
Cause: While Romans are engaged with the Gauls the Samnites enter Lucania and refuse to withdraw.
Leaders: (1) Q. Fabius Rullianus, P. Decius Mus (son); (2) Gellius Egnatius, Gavius Pontius.
Chief Action: (1) Sentinum.
Result: Samnites defeated but not crushed.
WARS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN ASIA—334-328 B. C.
(1) Greeks vs. (2) Persians, Egyptians, Bactrians, Indians (Hindus).
Cause: A war of conquest, a scientific expedition and a journey of discovery.