Pyrrhus

(pir′əs)

noun

Gr. Myth. Achilles' son

318?-272 ; king of Epirus (305?-272 )

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King of Epirus (306-302 and 297-272) who defeated the Romans at Heraclea (280) and Asculum (279) despite his own staggering losses.

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