Taras
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A Greek polis in Magna Graecia.
Establishment
January 705 BC: Sparthan colonists founded Taras, a greek polis in Magna Graecia.
Chronology
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Were a series of wars between the the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome.
1.1.Second Samnite War
Was a war between the Roman Republic and the Samnites that took place mainly in Campania and Samnium.
January 314 BC: Conquests of Rome during the Siege of Saticula.
Was a war between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Epirus.
January 281 BC: In 282 BC. the Tarentines, who were drunkenly celebrating parties in honor of the god Dionysus in a theater overlooking the sea, escorted by the Roman ships (of merchants), believed that they were advancing against them and attacked them. After the attack on the Roman fleet, the Tarentines, realizing that their reaction to the Roman provocation could lead to war and convinced of Rome's hostile attitude, marched against Thurii, which was taken and sacked. The Tarentines, who did not respect the following embassies from Rome, thus began the war, also involving Epirus, called to help by the Tarentines against the Romans.
January 281 BC: In 282 BC the Tarentines, who were drunkenly celebrating parties in honor of the god Dionysus in a theater overlooking the sea, escorted by the Roman ships (of merchants), believed that they were advancing against them and attacked them. After the attack on the Roman fleet, the Tarentines, realizing that their reaction to the Roman provocation could lead to war and convinced of Rome's hostile attitude, marched against Thurii, which was taken and sacked. The Tarentines, who did not respect the following embassies from Rome, thus began the war, also involving Epirus, called to help by the Tarentines against the Romans.
2.1.Roman Conquest of Taras
Was the Roman conquest of the Greek city-state of Taras during the Pyrrhic War.
January 280 BC: In 281 BC the Roman legions, under the command of Lucio Emilio Barbula, entered Taranto and conquered it.
Disestablishment
January 280 BC: In 281 BC the Roman legions, under the command of Lucio Emilio Barbula, entered Taranto and conquered it.
