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What was the outcome of the Battle of Sentinum in 295 BCE?

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ancient Ancient Italic people Etruscan roof tile (antefix) with the head of a satyr, terra-cotta, 4th century bce; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

The Battle of Sentinum, which took place in 295 BCE during the Third Samnite War, resulted in a decisive victory for Rome.1

The Samnites had formed a formidable coalition with the Etruscans, Umbrians, and Gauls in a final, desperate attempt to maintain their independence from Roman expansion. Rome’s triumph over this alliance effectively broke the coalition's power, allowing the Romans to spend the remainder of the war suppressing lingering Samnite resistance until the Samnites were eventually bound to Rome through a series of alliances.1