297 BC

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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC
Decades:	320s BC 310s BC 300s BC – 290s BC – 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC
Years:	300 BC 299 BC 298 BC – 297 BC – 296 BC 295 BC 294 BC

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Year 297 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

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Fabius Maximus Rullianus becomes consul for the fourth time. He defeats the Samnites in a battle near Tifernum.

After Cassander's death from illness, Philip IV, Cassander's eldest son, becomes King of Macedon. Soon after this he suffers from a wasting disease and dies. Antipater, the next son, rules jointly with his brother Alexander V.
Demetrius Poliorcetes returns to Greece to become master of Macedonia. While Demetrius is in Greece, Lysimachus seizes his possessions in Asia Minor.
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.

Chandragupta Maurya goes to Sravana Belagola near Mysore to live in the way of Jains.
Bindusara his son goes to the Pataliputra throne.

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