343 BC c.

The year 343 B.C. C. was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulate of Corvo and Arvina (or less frequently, year 411 Ab urbe condita).

Events

• The first Samnite war begins between the Samnites and the Romans.

Deaths

• Syracuse Dionysium II, Syracuse Tyrant (n. 397 B.C.)