Pyrrhus, who had tried to mediate between Tarentum and Rome, meeting with non-success, advances on Rome.
The capture of Tarentum, though effected by artifice more than valour, was considered honourable to Fabius.
Good wines but less noted than these were produced in the extreme south, near Beneventum, Aulon, and Tarentum.
Meantime the dreaded arrival of Bohemond, Prince of Tarentum, had actually taken place.
By taking a southerly route, and going up the Gulf of Tarentum, this distance might be traversed wholly by sea.
