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Tarentum
Tarentum (Taras, modern Taranto), located on the southern coast of Apulia, Italy, was a Greek and then Roman city. Controlling a large area of Magna Graecia and heading the Italiote League, Tarentum, with its excellent harbour, was a strategically...
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Roman Warfare in the Age of Pyrrhus
The Roman army fought many conflicts throughout its long history, though perhaps none so indelible as the Pyrrhic War from 280 to 275 BCE. This war between Rome and a league of Greek colonies in southern Italy led by the city of Tarentum...
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Mourning Slave Boy from Tarentum
By his skinny body, overly large head, and short garment, the boy is characterized as a slave. It is very likely that the statue belonged to a large funerary monument in Tarentum. The boy probably looked up to the statue of his deceased master...
![Archaic Columns, Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7050.jpg?v=1618794903)
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Archaic Columns, Tarentum
Two columns, all that remains of an Archaic temple dedicated to Poseidon at Tarentum, southern Italy.
![Silver Stater of Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7023.jpg?v=1636839903)
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Silver Stater of Tarentum
Silver stater coin of Tarentum (modern Taranto), a Greek colony in southern Italy founded by Sparta. Taras riding a dolphin. 5th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Altamura, Italy)
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Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia (Megalē Hellas) refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy which were colonized by various ancient Greek city-states from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE. Sicily, although also a region of Greek colonization, is not usually...
![Black Volute Krater, Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7063.jpg?v=1599473705)
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Black Volute Krater, Tarentum
A black volute krater, Tarentum, southern Italy, 4th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)
![Painted Figurine, Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7173.jpg?v=1599478203)
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Painted Figurine, Tarentum
A painted terracotta figurine of a woman wrapped in a himation. Tarentum, 3rd century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)
![Geometrical Mosaic, Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7053.jpg?v=1706687883)
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Geometrical Mosaic, Tarentum
A Roman mosaic flooring with geometrical designs, Tarentum, southern Italy. 2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)
![Tiger Mosaic, Tarentum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7055.jpg?v=1599473704)
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Tiger Mosaic, Tarentum
A panel from a larger floor mosaic depicting a hunting tiger, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd, early 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)