place
Tarentum
Greek-founded port city on the gulf of the same name in southern Italy, praised for its harbor and mild winters.
Reading notes
- On Tranquility of Mind §2.13 Tarentum
Greek port-city of southern Italy, praised for its harbor and mild winters.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §7.68.5 Tarentum
Tarentum (modern Taranto), a Greek city on the gulf of southern Italy, a noted resort; named with Naples as a place where men ostentatiously secluded themselves.