Pyrrhus of Epirus

What is anyone's opinion on this man as a military leader and king?

Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (Greek: Πύρρος, Pyrros; 319/318 BC–272 BC) was a Greek[1][2]general and statesman of the Hellenistic era.[3][4] He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians,[3][5] of the royal Aeacid house[6] (from circa 297 BC), and later he became king of Epirus (r. 306–302, 297–272 BC) and Macedon (r. 288–284, 273–272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined. He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Parallel Lives (Greek: Βίοι Παράλληλοι).

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus#_

Edited by Delenda est Roma - 14-Aug-2012 at 14:53

Btw, Delenda, when you post links, to make them alive, click on the little globe with a bow and post the link inside; in this way it will become clickable.

Well, no one is perfect...
I'm looking forward for your future article on the bio /you can't refuse to such whinning now, can you?/

Whan you can, Delenda, no pressure. Are you doing history?

Edited by Don Quixote - 14-Aug-2012 at 16:45

OK, so you are getting college classes whin in H? Very good, in 2 of the schools in WA where I subbed there was this program "Running Star"and they proposed classes for ambitious kids who want to geat ahead in time and save some money when getting in college with some classes already passed.
Are you starting HS from tomorrow, isn't it a little early? Whats state are you in, if it;s not a secret?

I see. The wind blew up the school year couple of weeks earlier then

Was this the same Pyrrhus who was killed by a woman throwing a roof tile? His were the first "Pyrric victories" won at terrible cost

Why do you say he wasn't good strategically. I've never seen anything to show him as anything other then a clever general and a excellent soldier.

Originally posted by d' artagnan Oh, by the way being a HS student on here is fun but sucks because you always end up feeling like a idiot. Then again you might be a lot smarter then me its not very hard.

I've never felt like an idiot in my spheres of interest for a long whilr. Over 20 books on a single subject gives perspective ;).