Pyrrhic War

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ancient war war

The Pyrrhic War was an early 3rd-century BCE conflict in which King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought Rome in southern Italy, giving rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory” for costly, ruinous successes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pyrrhic War canonical	24
Roman–Pyrrhic conflicts	1
Southern Italy campaign of Pyrrhus	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient war ⓘ war ⓘ
belligerent	Bruttian tribes ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Epirus ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Epirus Lucanians ⓘ surface form: Lucanian tribes Roman Republic ⓘ Samnites ⓘ surface form: Samnite tribes Tarentum ⓘ
conflictBetween	Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
describedBySource	Cassius Dio ⓘ Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ surface form: Plutarch's "Life of Pyrrhus"
endTime	275 BCE ⓘ
hasBattle	Battle of Asculum ⓘ Battle of Asculum ⓘ surface form: Battle of Asculum (279 BCE) Battle of Beneventum ⓘ Battle of Beneventum ⓘ surface form: Battle of Beneventum (275 BCE) Battle of Heraclea ⓘ Battle of Heraclea ⓘ surface form: Battle of Heraclea (280 BCE)
hasCause	Roman intervention in Tarentum’s affairs ⓘ conflict between Tarentum and Rome ⓘ
hasLocation	Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ
hasOutcome	heavy casualties for both sides ⓘ strengthening of Roman military reputation ⓘ weakening of Greek power in Italy ⓘ
hasParticipant	Bruttians ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Greek cities of southern Italy ⓘ Lucanians ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Samnites ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ
influenced	coining of the term "Pyrrhic victory" ⓘ
namedAfter	Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
notableCommander	Gaius Fabricius Luscinus ⓘ Manius Curius Dentatus ⓘ Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) ⓘ Publius Valerius Laevinus ⓘ Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
partOf	Roman expansion in Italy ⓘ
relatedTerm	Pyrrhic victory ⓘ
result	Roman dominance in southern Italy ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ withdrawal of Pyrrhus from Italy ⓘ
startTime	280 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magna Graecia → significantEvent → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Tarentum → foughtWar → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Roman conquest of southern Italy → hasPart → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Rhegium → involvedIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → partOf → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → conflictIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → partOf → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → conflict → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

ancient Italy → significantEvent → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Lucani → participatedIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Roman–Samnite Wars → relatedTo → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Roman–Samnite Wars → chronologicalPredecessorOf → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Taras → conqueredAfterWar → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) → follows → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Roman–Lucanian conflicts → relatedTo → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

river Siris → associatedWith → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) → participatedIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Pyrrhic conflicts

Manius Curius Dentatus → militaryConflict → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Asculum → conflictIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Asculum → partOf → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Battle of Asculum → militaryTheater → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Italy campaign of Pyrrhus

Lucanians → participatedIn → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Publius Valerius Laevinus → active in → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Gaius Fabricius Luscinus → militaryConflict → Pyrrhic War ⓘ

Invasions of Italy → hasPart → Pyrrhic War ⓘ