The Battle of Tarentum

Alexander the melasian, this alexander of rus, had been invited by those terrantines to help them in some other war with the local italian tribes. Olympius again, alexander's mother, pirus second cousin. And that alexander had been killed in battle in italy long before pierus was born. Now, the tarrentines had promised that once pyris arrived, he was going to have a massive army at his disposal,. That's big talk. But then again, tarentum was a very rich and very large city. It had many allies, so a big army. The romans were taking initiative professionals.

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