293 BC

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:	296 BC 295 BC 294 BC – 293 BC – 292 BC 291 BC 290 BC

293 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	293 BC CCXCII BC
Ab urbe condita	461
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 31
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy I Soter, 31
Ancient Greek era	121st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4458
Bengali calendar	−885
Berber calendar	658
Buddhist calendar	252
Burmese calendar	−930
Byzantine calendar	5216–5217
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2404 or 2344     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2405 or 2345
Coptic calendar	−576 – −575
Discordian calendar	874
Ethiopian calendar	−300 – −299
Hebrew calendar	3468–3469
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−236 – −235
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2809–2810
Holocene calendar	9708
Iranian calendar	914 BP – 913 BP
Islamic calendar	942 BH – 941 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2041
Minguo calendar	2204 before ROC 民前2204年
Seleucid era	19/20 AG
Thai solar calendar	250–251

Year 293 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 461 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 293 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• The Battle of Aquilonia is fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, near the current city of Aquilonia in Campania (in southern Italy). The Romans, led by the consuls Lucius Papirius Cursor and Spurius Carvilius Maximus, are victorious. After the battle, the Samnites flee into the city of Aquilonia and into their camp. The camp is captured and looted by the Romans, while the city is eventually taken, with many of the Samnite survivors being slaughtered in the fighting.
• Rome suffers from the plague. The worship of Aesculapius is introduced from Epidaurus to Rome in the hope of averting the plague.

Persia

• When an invasion of nomads threatens the eastern possessions of his realm (i.e. between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea and the Indian Ocean), Seleucus hands over the government of these lands west of the Euphrates to his son Antiochus. Antiochus is appointed co-regent and commander-in-chief of these territories.

China

• The State of Qin, led by commander Bai Qi, wins a decisive victory over the States of Wei and Han in the Battle of Yique. As part of the terms of defeat, Han and Wei are forced to concede land to Qin.