![]() 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. 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 Messenian War (c. 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. The name Partheniai is not adequately explained by Aristotle. 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" (Politics 1306b27). INTRODUCTION 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. In this area have been found the remains of an early sixth-century Doric temple, seen here in Piazza Castello. TARENTINE HORSEMAN OF MAGNA GRAECIA 430 BC-190 BC The Spartan settlers of Taras chose as the site of their urban centre the tip of a slender promontory, which was thus provided with natural defences. Ravel, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Taren tine Coins formed by M.P. Harding, Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 2: From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the battle of Ipsus (Cambridge, 1985) Inscriptiones Graecae (Berlin, 1923) a.E. Fornara, Translated Documents of Greece and Rome I: Archaic Times to the end of the Peloponnesian War 2 (Cambridge, 1983) All enquiries should be addressed to: The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this matter.ĮDITOR'S NOTE: The following abbreviations have been used throughout the text to refer to source material: FornaraĬ.W. ![]() All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. Box 140, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 2FA, UK E-mail: Osprey Publishing is supporting the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity, by funding the dedication of trees.ĪRTIST'S NOTE Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978 1 84603 279 0 Page layout by Scribe, Oxford, UK Index by Alan Thatcher Typeset in Sabon and Myriad Pro Map by Trevor Bounford Originated by PPS Grasmere, Leeds, UK Printed in China through Worldprint Ltd 08 09 10 11 12įOR A CATALOGUE OF ALL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY OSPREY MILITARY AND AVIATION PLEASE CONTACT: NORTH AMERICA Osprey Direct, c/o Random House Distribution Center, 400 Hahn Road, Westminster, MD 21157 E-mail: ALL OTHER REGIONS Osprey Direct UK, P.O. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. TARENTINE HORSEMAN OF MAGNA GRAECIA 430-190 Beįirst published in Great Britain in 2008 by Osprey Publishing, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 OPH, UK 443 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: © 2008 Osprey Publishing Ltd.Īll rights reserved. ![]() He has a BA (Hons) in scientific and natural history illustration from Blackpool and Fylde College (Lancaster University). SEAN O'BROGAIN lives and works in Donegal, Ireland. Nic is now a freelance author and researcher based in south-west France. He was Assistant Director at the British School at Athens, Greece, and then a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. ![]() Having left the military, he went back to university and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR NIC FIELDS started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines.
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