Facts about Pyrrhus
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Pyrrhus, The Fool of Hope
Plutarch's Lives has an entry on the brave, foolish warriorPyrrhic War
His role in history, as described by a history of the Roman EmpirePyrrhus, Molossian King of Epirus
Brief encyclopedia entry that gives him the cold shoulderThe Pyrrhic War, 280-270 B.C.
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Pyrrhus Biography
Pyrrhus inherited the throne of Epirus in Northern Greece around 306 B.C., and as a young man proved himself on the battlefield again and again. Pyrrhus apparently had great strategic skills, but he also had the reputation of not knowing when to stop. In 281 he went to Italy and defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum, but suffered bitterly heavy losses. The devastation led to his famous statement, “One more such victory and I am lost” — hence the term “Pyrrhic victory” for any victory so costly as to be ruinous.