Another tradition indicates Taras as the founder of the city the symbol of the Greek city (as well as of the modern city) is Taras riding a dolphin. According to other sources, Heracles founded the city. The partheniae arrived in Apulia, and founded the city, naming it Taras after the son of the Greek sea god, Poseidon, and of a local nymph, Satyrion. Phalanthus, the partheninan leader, went to Delphi to consult the oracle: the puzzling answer designed the harbour of Taranto as the new home of the exiles. It is the only Spartan colony, and its origin is peculiar: the founders are partheniae, sons of Spartan women and perioeci (free men, but not citizens of Sparta) these unions were decided by the Spartans to increase the number of soldiers (only the citizens of Sparta could become soldiers) during the bloody Messenian wars, but later they were nullified, and the sons were forced to leave. Taranto was founded in 708 BC by Spartan immigrants. Phalantus and Aihra, Silvana Galeone Centro Culturale Filonide, Taranto ( Source) The Greek colonists called the city Taras, from the name of the mythical eponymous hero Taras, while the Romans, who connected the city to Rome with an extension of the Appian way, called it Tarentum. Because of the presence of these two bays, Taranto is also called “the city of the two seas”. In addition, the islets and the coast are strongly fortified. Another bay, called Mar Piccolo (Small sea), is formed by the old city, and there fishing is flourishing Mar Piccolo is a military port with a strategic importance at the end of the XIX century, a channel was excavated to allow the military ships to enter Mar Piccolo harbour, and the ancient Greek city become an island. Paul) protect the bay (called Mar Grande, Big sea) where the commercial port is located. The ancient city was situated on a peninsula, protected by a helm the modern city has been built over the ancient Greek necropolis. Taranto history dates back to the 8th century BC when it was founded as a Greek colony. Its altitude is 15 metres above sea level, with a surface area of 217 km². Taranto is today a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy.
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