To expression "Pyrrhic victory" more than two thousand years, it is connected with a name of the tsar of Epirus and Macedonia of Pierre who in 279 BC won battle at Auskule against Romans, but lost such number of the troops that just right was to acknowledge such victory defeat.
Instruction
1. The tsar of Epirus Pierre is considered one of the most talented commanders of antiquity, which is not surprising, it had the second cousin to Alexander of Macedon. In fight for inheritance of the great relative Pierre got the first fighting experience. At the beginning of the third century BC Pierre with the army intruded in Macedonia, here it conducted a set of successful battles, beat the main rival Poliokret, became the tsar of Macedonia and their one most influential and powerful governors of the Mediterranean.
2. About Pierre say that it was similar to the player in a bone who always does successful throws, but as a result does not know what to do with the prize. So, in Macedonia conquered by it he did not establish the world, and continued the conflicts with numerous applicants for a throne, as a result it lost this fight and returned to Epirus. But its aggressive ardor was not damped, under the pretext of the help to the city of Tarent which had small trade the conflict with Rome, Pierre intruded to the Apennine Peninsula. He gained an important victory over Romans at Geraklei and soon began to control practically all South of Italy, gradually moving ahead to Rome.
3. In 279 the battle between the Roman legions and army of Pierre at the city of Auskula took place BC. At the price of big losses the Romans were defeated, the main merit in a victory belongs to 20 elephants to which Romans did not learn to resist yet. Pierre lost in this battle of 3500 best soldiers and exclaimed: "One more such victory, and I will be left without army!" After that the use also included expression "Pyrrhic victory".
4. After this victory in troops of Pierre the dissonance began, the reinforcement could not be taken, the conflicts with allies appeared. As a result the commander lost war with Rome and returned to Epirus. The career of a military leader and life of Pierre ended in 7 years. It fought for domination on Macedonia, attacked Sparta and as a result was killed in the city of Argos by mother of one young man from a city militia who dumped on it a tile from a roof.