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'''Pyrrhus''' (c. 318 BC-272 BC) became King of Epirus, in modern-day [[Greece]], in 307BC. In 280 he sailed with a force of soldiers and [[war elephant]]s to assist the Greek colony of Tarentum, in modern-day [[Italy]], against the [[Roman]]s. He won his first encounter with the Romans, on the River Siris, but so long and bloody was the battle that Pyrrhus is reputed to have said: "Another such victory and I return to Epirus alone". This was the origin of the term '[[Pyrrhic victory]]' - that is, a victory that is as damaging (or almost as damaging) to the victor as to the vanquished. Nevertheless, Pyrhhus remained for several years, fighting the Romans in Italy and [[Carthaginian]]s (in [[Sicily]]), before being decisively defeated and returning to Greece in 274 BC. There he engaged in war with [[Sparta]], and was killed in 272 BC while attacking [[Argos]], struck on the head by a roof-tile hurled by a woman of that city.

'''Pyrrhus''' (c. 318 BC-272 BC) became King of Epirus, in modern-day [[Greece]], in 307BC. In 280 he sailed with a force of soldiers and [[war elephant]]s to assist the Greek colony of Tarentum, in modern-day [[Italy]], against the [[Roman]]s. He won his first encounter with the Romans, on the River Siris, but so long and bloody was the battle that Pyrrhus is reputed to have said: "Another such victory and I return to Epirus alone" (See: [[Pyrrhic victory]]). This was the origin of the term '[[Pyrrhic victory]]' - that is, a victory that is as damaging (or almost as damaging) to the victor as to the vanquished. Nevertheless, Pyrhhus remained for several years, fighting the Romans in Italy and [[Carthaginian]]s (in [[Sicily]]), before being decisively defeated and returning to Greece in 274 BC. There he engaged in war with [[Sparta]], and was killed in 272 BC while attacking [[Argos]], struck on the head by a roof-tile hurled by a woman of that city.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Greeks]]

*[[Greeks]]

*[[Plutarch]]

*[[Plutarch]]

[[Category:History]]

[[Category:History]]