Tarentine Horseman Of Magna Graecia

THE TARAS WERE THE LEADING POWER OF THE TWENTY OR SO WIDELY SCATTERED GREEK STATES OF SOUTHERN ITALY (MAGAN GRAECIA), AND WOULD REMAIN SO UNTIL ITS CAPTURE BY THE ROMANS IN 272 BC. NIC FIELDS` LATEST BOOK EXPLORES THEIR SUPERLATIVE HORSE WARRIORS, WHO HELPED TARAS CLAIM AND MAINTAIN THEIR POWER.