CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pyrrhus Of Epirus, Sicily, Triclinium
20 Apr 2016
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Epirus defeats rome in the first battle (heraclea) - 280. The next year they fight at ausculum 279. Phyric victory for epirus because theres nothing left to win. Hes offered more money to go fight the carthegenions, decides to campaign for four years to try and make easy money and rebuild his troops and resources. 275 he returns to tarentum to defeat the romains once and for all. 275 he is decisively defeated in beneventum, backs off from the romans. 272- rome defeats tarentum all of southern italy gets defeated in 272 he has taken over argos and got hit in the head from someone who threw a tile from a roof and died. First time from someone outside of italy has had any dealing with rome everyone in the eastern mediterrian takes notice that rome has defeated him, puts rome on the map. 273 ptolemy ii, pharaon of egypt sends embassador to rome for a peace treaty.
