Tarentine Horseman of Magna Graecia 430-190BC
Tarentine Horseman of Magna Graecia 430-190BC (Warrior 130) By Nic Fields
Publisher: Os Publishing 2008 | 68 Pages | ISBN: 1846032792 | PDF | 26 MB
Publisher: Os Publishing 2008 | 68 Pages | ISBN: 1846032792 | PDF | 26 MB
According to historical tradition, Taras, on the instep of Italy and now known as Taranto, was founded in 706 BC, and archaeological evidence indicates that such a date cannot be far wrong. The earliest and simplest reason for its foundation is given by Aristotle as an instance of the divisions that may arise in a state when the aristocracy assigns to itself all the political privileges, "for example the so-called Partheniai, whom the Spartans detected in a conspiracy and sent away to be the founders of Taras". The name Partheniai is not adequately explained by Aristotle. In other authors it is constantly associated with the word parthenos, virgin, and the most straightforward explanation is that is a term of contempt used by one political faction of their erstwhile opponents. According to a contemporary of Aristotle, Ephoros of Kyme (in a passage quoted by Strabo), the Partheniai were the sons of unmarried mothers born during the First Mes senian War (c. 730-710 BC). As the war turned out to be a lengthy conflict, Spartan women left at home for the duration reportedly wanted to avoid the risk of a future shortage of men.
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