The world in 295 BC — what happened that year

6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Prince Zhang was defeated and fled to Zhubao (King Wuling); Princes Cheng and Yitai surrounded Zhubao's palace, let the palace people out, and Zhubao could get no food. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷004 (원문 단락 #288, -295년))

The two armies were so evenly matched that, had Etruria and Umbria joined in, Rome would have lost (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 10.27)
Decius vows to spread death on the enemy's standards and arms, and that the place of his own death will also be the place of death for the Gauls and Samnites (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 10.28)
Fabius leaves Etruria to Decius's army, brings the legions back to Rome, and celebrates a triumph over the Gauls, Etruscans and Samnites (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 10.30)
When the consul withdrew his army Perusia turned hostile again, and the Samnites plundered Vescia and Formiae (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 10.31)
Having won Athens, Demetrius soon plans an attack on Sparta (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Demetrius 35)