Heraclea

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §18 Heraclea

  Greek city of southern Italy near the Pythagorean centers.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §24 Heraclea

  A Tarentine colony in Lucania taken by Alexander.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §59 Heraclea

  Site in southern Italy of Pyrrhus's costly victory over Rome in 280 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §20 and Heraclea

  A Greek city of Lucania on the gulf of Tarentum, a grain-source for Hannibal's army.

• The History of Rome, Book 39 §24 Heraclea

  Heraclea in Trachis, a Malian town stormed by Acilius in 191 BC.