History of Taranto military help because of the wars that they were having with their neighbours. Also, Thurii, which was located on the Gulf of Taranto and under Tarentine rule, asked Rome for help in 282 BC, after being attacked by Lucanians. This situation inevitably led to a conflict between Taranto and Rome, since Taranto felt Rome was interfering in the affairs of the Greek colonies in southern Italy, which the Tarentines considered under their dominion. Two political parties were present at the time within Taranto. The democrats, led by Philocharis or Ainesias, were dominant; they were against Rome, because they knew that
Stefano Di Chiara Fermana, Ravenna, Novara, Taranto, Legnano, Pistoiese, Cisco Roma and Viterbo. On February 2009 he was appointed as new head coach of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Como. After guiding the team to promotion in the higher tier, on October 2009 he was fired due to poor results in the following Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2009–10 campaign. Stefano Di Chiara Stefano Di Chiara (born 21 February 1957 in Rome) is a retired Italian professional footballer and manager, who played as a defender, and is the elder brother of footballer Alberto Di Chiara, whom he played with during his time at Lecce,