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unusual facts about Gulf of Taranto



Battle of Heraclea

In the autumn of 282 BC, Tarentum celebrated their festival of Dionysus; while in their theatre in front of sea, they saw ten Roman ships, with soldiers and supplies for the Roman garrison of Thurii, entering the Gulf of Taranto.

Neaethus

Neaethus was a river falling into what is now the Gulf of Taranto, where the ships of the Greeks were burned by the women of Troy whom they had led captive.


see also

Bradano

After flowing out of the lake, the Bradano is joined by the Gravina and later another tributary before entering the Gulf of Taranto near Metaponto.