History of Taranto if the Romans entered Taranto, the Greeks would have lost their independence. The second faction in Taranto were the aristocrats, led by Agis; they had lost their power when Taranto had become a democracy, and did not oppose surrendering to Rome as it would increase their own influence in the city, by reducing the power of the democrats. However, the aristocrats did not want to surrender openly to Rome and become unpopular with the population. At that time, Taranto had the most powerful naval forces in Italy, and hastened to come to an agreement with Rome that stated that Roman
James Taranto of "Two Papers in One!"), "The Huffington Post" (always intentionally spoonerized as "The Puffington Host"), "Media Matters for America" (called "Media Mutters"), "WorldNetDaily" ("World Nut Daily"), Reuters and the Associated Press. Taranto commented occasionally on topics of special interest to him such as the Roe effect. He has also coined "The Taranto Principle", which asserts that liberal media bias leads to less thorough vetting of liberal politicians, which can be a disadvantage in general elections, as demonstrated so vividly in 2016. On July 25, 2012, Taranto sparked outrage online by posting the following comment to his Twitter account, in reference