Tarentum
Tarentum is the Latin name for Taranto, which was in S Italy, on the Gulf of
Taranto, an arm of the Ionian Sea. Taranto was a town of Magna Graecia and was
powerful enough to resist the Romans until 272 B.C. The city called upon King Pyrrhus of Epirus (in Greece) to come to their aid since they were mainly a commercial city and
not able to match armies with Rome.
The
History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C.
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