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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 279 BC | | | | |  279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Asculum 279 BC - The armiesThis battle was the second encounter between an Alexandrian, phalanx-based army and the Roman legion. The two armies were equally numbered.
The Romans had more infantry (four legions, 20,000 Romans, plus Dauni allies) and 300 anti-elephant devices. After the battle of Heraclea, in which the Epiriotic war elephants had a heavy impact on the Romans, the legions were provided with flammable weapons and anti-elephant devices: these were ox-led chariots, equipped with long spikes to wound the elephants, pots of fire to scare them, and screening troops who w ...
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| | | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Taranto - Principality of Taranto 1088-1465 Taranto became the capital of a Norman principality, whose first ruler was Robert Guiscard's son, Bohemond of Taranto, who obtained it as result of succession dispute: his father repudiated his first wife, Bohemond's mother, and had Roger Borsa, his son by his second wife Sikelgaita, succeed him as Duke of Apulia. Bohemond was compensated with Taranto and lands that covered almost all of the heel of Apulia. The principality of Taranto, during its 377 years of history, was sometimes a powerful and almost independent feudal fief of the Kingdom of Sicily (and later of Naples), sometimes only a title, often given to ...
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| | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general The fate of Antigonus Gonatas, now 18, was closely tied with that of his father Demetrius who escaped from the battle with 9.000 troops. Jealousy among the victors eventually allowed Demetrius to regain part of the power his father had lost. He conquered Athens and much of Greece and in 294 BC he seized the throne of Macedonia from Alexander, the son of Cassander.
Because Antigonus Gonatas was the grandson of Antipater and the nephew of Cassander, through his mother, his presence helped to reconcile the ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general |
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| | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family Antigonus Gonatas was born around 319 BC, probably in Gonnoi in Thessaly. He was related to the most powerful of the Diadochi (the generals of Alexander who divided the empire after his death in 323 BC). Antigonus's father was Demetrius Poliorcetes, who was the son of Antigonus, who then controlled much of Asia. His mother was Phila, the daughter of Antipater. The latter controlled Macedonia and Greece and was recognized as regent of the empire, which in theory remained united. In this year, however, Antipater died, ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family |
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| | | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness In 285 BC, Demetrius, worn down by his fruitless campaign, surrendered to Seleucus. At this point he wrote to son and his commanders in Athens and Corinth telling them to henceforth consider him a dead man and to ignore any letters they might receive written under his seal. Macedonia, meanwhile had been divided between Pyrrhus and Lysimachus, but like two wolves sharing a piece of meat, they soon fought over it with the result that Lys ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness |
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| | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - War elephant - Tactical use There were plenty of military purposes for which elephants could be used. As enormous animals, they could carry heavy cargoes and provided a useful means of transport. In battle, war elephants were usually deployed in the centre of the line, where they could be useful to prevent a charge or start one of their own.
An elephant charge could reach about 30 km/h (20 mi/h), and unlike horse cavalry, could not be easily stopped by an infantry line setting spears. Its power was based on pure force: it would crash into an enemy line ...
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| | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Taranto - Roman and Byzantine periods
Taranto - Roman Republic and Empire.
In 122 BC a Roman colony was founded next to Taranto, according to the law proposed by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus. The colony was named Neptunia, after the Roman sea god Neptune, worshipped by the Tarentines. The Roman colony was separate from the Greek city, and populated by Roman colons, but it was later unified to the main centre when Taranto become a municipium, in 89 BC.
In 38 BC Mark Antony, Octavianus and Lepidus signed the Treaty of Tare ...
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| | | | | 279 BC: Encyclopedia II - Taranto - From Renaissance to unification In March 1502, the Spanish fleet of Ferdinand II of Aragon, allied to Louis XII of France, seized the port of Taranto, and conquered the city.
1570 – Admiral Giovanni Andrea Doria set his fleet of 49 galleys in Mar Grande to repair and supply his ships. Among the people on the fleet there was Miguel de Cervantes. The fleet later united to the other parts of the Christian League, and defeated the Turkish fleet at Lepanto: also some Tarentine nobles took part to the battle.
1647 – The insurrection of Masaniello in Naples reached also Taranto.
1714 – After the Treaty of Rastatt, Sp ...
See also:Taranto, Taranto - The Greek period, Taranto - Foundation and splendour, Taranto - Wars against Rome, Taranto - Roman and Byzantine periods, Taranto - Roman Republic and Empire, Taranto - Byzantine Longobard Arab and Norman dominations, Taranto - Principality of Taranto 1088-1465, Taranto - From Renaissance to unification, Taranto - Modern times Read more here: » Taranto: Encyclopedia II - Taranto - From Renaissance to unification |
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