Tarentine

On the present occasion he first of all halted the column, and then sent up to the front the Cretan auxiliaries and the so-called Tarentine horse, and the rest of the cavalry were ordered to follow them.

The History of Rome, Vol. V 1905

Tarentine skipper, would force Encolpius and so forth: yet we have the neat and finished touch (cap. vii.): — The lamentation was very fine (the dying man having manumitted his slaves) albeit his wife wept not as though she loved him.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

According to Aristotle (Pol. 1303a), the democracy was founded after a large part of the Tarentine aristocracy was killed in a battle with a native people, the Iapygians, in 473.

Archytas Huffman, Carl 2007

Finally, Aristotle's account of the structure of the Tarentine government in the fourth century (Pol. 1291b14), while possibly consistent with other forms of government, makes most sense if Tarentum was a democracy.

Archytas Huffman, Carl 2007

Then there was the Day of Apollo, the Tarentine Games, the Festival of Mars, and so on.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Then there was the Day of Apollo, the Tarentine Games, the Festival of Mars, and so on.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Before my departure I had brought him and his Tarentine circle into friendly relations with Dionysios.

The Seventh Letter, by Plato Plato 2004

When this invitation came to me at that time in such terms, and those who had come from Sicily and Italy were trying to drag me thither, while my friends at Athens were literally pushing me out with their urgent entreaties, it was the same old tale-that I must not betray Dion and my Tarentine friends and supporters.

The Seventh Letter, by Plato Plato 2004

Croton, were cast away with their ships in Iapygia; and as they were remaining there as slaves, Gillos a Tarentine exile rescued them and brought them back to king Dareios.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

There was a young Tarentine in the army that had a sister in Tarentum, then in possession of the enemy, who entirely loved her brother, and wholly depended upon him.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003