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 His final "Best of the Web Today" column was published on January 3, 2017, after he became editorial features editor. Before joining the "Wall Street Journal" in 1996, Taranto spent five years as an editor at "City Journal". He has also worked for the Heritage Foundation and "Reason" magazine. He pursued a degree in journalism at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) but "never bothered to graduate" after "conflict with teachers and professors". While attending CSUN, Taranto worked as news editor and also as one of two opinion page editors for the "Daily Sundial" student newspaper. On March 5, 1987, Taranto