Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. It is the capital of Province of Taranto and is an important military and commercial port.

Historical figures

Here is a list of historical figures, who have had a relationship with the city. Not all of them were actually born in Taranto.

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• Archytas of Tarentum (428 BC - 347 BC), philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief of the army of Taranto;
• Philolaus (c. 480 BC – c. 405 BC), mathematician and philosopher.
• Aristoxenus, peripatetic philosopher, and writer on music and rhythm;
• Leonidas of Tarentum poet;
• Livius Andronicus, poet;
• Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 228 BC - 174 BC), propraetor of Tarentum;
• Pacuvius, tragic poet, died in Tarentum in 130 BC;
• Catald, archibishop of Taranto, saint, and patronus;
• Gil Cardinal Albornoz, archibishop of Taranto in 1644;
• Giovanni Paisiello (1741 - 1816), composer;
• Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741 - 1803), Napoleonic army general and novelist;
• Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald (1765 - 1840), duke of Taranto and marshal of France;