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706 BCESparta founds the colony of Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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c. 530 BCEThe Bronze Zeus of Tarentum is sculpted.
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490 BCETarentum wins victories against the Messapians and Peucetians in Magna Graecia.
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480 BCETarentum wins victories against the Messapians and Peucetians in Magna Graecia.
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c. 475 BCEThe Messapians inflict a heavy defeat on Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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433 BCEThe colony of Heraclea in Magna Graecia is founded by Tarentum.
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c. 400 BCE - 350 BCELife of Archytas, statesman and Pythagorean philosopher, who ruled at Tarentum.
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280 BCE - 275 BCEKing Pyrrhus of Epirus wages the Pyrrhic War against the Romans in Italy, defence of Tarentum being the pretext.
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280 BCE - 272 BCERoman war against Tarentum. Rome conquers Tarentum. Rome's dominance in lower Italy is secured.
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270 BCERome occupies Tarentum in Magna Graecia.
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218 BCE - 201 BCESecond Punic War.
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209 BCETarentum comes under Roman control during the Second Punic War.
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89 BCEThe Roman colony of Neptunia comes under the control of Tarentum.
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59 BCERoman veterans are settled at Tarentum.