  We report here the results of a full analysis of all the ROSAT PSPC spectral
imaging observations and all the ROSAT HRI high resolution imaging observations
of the very nearby (D=2.1 Mpc) Sculptor galaxy, NGC 300. Many point sources are
detected within the field, several of them showing evidence for variability,
and we present full source lists detailing their X-ray properties, and attempt
to classify them on the basis of their temporal, spectral and multi-wavelength
characteristics. A black hole X-ray binary candidate, a supersoft source and
several supernova remnants and HII regions are detected in X-rays, as is
unresolved, possibly diffuse emission, accounting for perhaps 20% of the total
NGC 300 X-ray (0.1-2.4 keV) luminosity (5.8 10e38 erg/s). We compare the X-ray
source luminosity distribution of NGC 300 with that of other nearby galaxies,
and we also compare NGC 300 with its Sculptor neighbours, concluding that it is
a quite an unremarkable system, showing no unusual X-ray (or other
multi-wavelength) properties. It may be one of the best examples of a
completely typical normal quiescent late-type spiral galaxy.
