Egnatius
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Gellius Egnatius was the leader of the Samnites during the Third Samnite War, which broke out in 298 BC. By the end of the second campaign the Samnites appeared completely defeated, however in the following year Gallius Egnatius marched into Etruria, and roused the Etruscans to a close co-operation against Rome. This had the effect of withdrawing Roman troops from Samnium for a period of time; but the forces of the confederates were defeated by the combined armies of consuls L. Volumnius and Appius Claudius.
In the fourth campaign in 295 BC Egnatius induced the Gauls and the Umbrians to to join the confederacy; but in consequence for the of the withdrawal of the Etruscans and the Umbrians, the Gauls and the Samnites fell back beyond the Apennines, and were met by the Romans near the town of Sentinum. A decisive battle, siganlized by the heroic devotion of P. Decius , ensured that the Samnites were defeated and their leader Egnatius was slain.
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