Pyrrhic War - First Greco-Roman War

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  @YourAveragePersonOnTheStreets · 2 years ago

  Phyrrus: <b>is about to make a reasonable decision</b><br><br>Sicilians: &quot;I don&apos;t think so buddy&quot;

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  @neutronalchemist3241 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Pyrrhus was highly considered in antiquity also because his diaries, now lost, were considered the first western treaty of tactic and strategy. Hannibal studied on them, and was an admirer of him.

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• IL

  @IllyrianTiger99 · 2 years ago

  Pyrrhus of Epirus&apos; campaign is similar to how Hannibal&apos;s brother Maharbal commented Hannibal&apos;s accomplishments : &quot;You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, but not how to use it.&quot;

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  @Snp2024 · 2 years ago

  Carthaginians: We surrender and bring u a very favourable treaty.<br>Pyrrus : i accept <br>Sicalians : No<br>Pyrrus: So u will help me in invade Carthage mainland.<br>Sicilains: No<br>Pyrrus: Will u give me troops and money to fight romans .<br>Sicialians : No <br>Pyruss : :⁠-⁠[

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• TH

  @Thatguyinyourclass · 1 year ago

  What I love about Rome is that when faced with a superior foe, i.e. elephants or Carthaginian boats, they didn&apos;t just try to avoid those fights, they figured out how to defeat them and never accepted an unfavorable truce

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• ME

  @Mere_mortal1000 · 11 months ago

  The fact that one of the greatest ancient commanders, got killed by a f**king floor tile always gets a lough out of me, it&apos;s just so random

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• IE

  @iexist3919 · 2 years ago

  The story of Rome only gets crazier from here

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• GE

  @georgelampropoulos1704 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7IZDFJdukQ&amp;t=920">15:20</a> <br>&quot;And it is said that at the time of [Pyrrhus&apos; departure from Sicily] he looked back at the island and said to those about him: &quot;My friends, what a wrestling ground for Carthaginians and Romans we are leaving behind us!&quot; And this conjecture of his was soon afterwards confirmed.&quot;<br><br>(Plutarch, Life of Pyrrhus, paragraph 23)

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• BR

  @braedenh6858 · 1 year ago

  Pyrrhus had tremendous talent, but Rome had Rome.<br>That&apos;s not a fair matchup.

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• PE

  @petervandervennet7653 · 2 years ago

  Pyrrhus was always one of my favored classical commanders. Caesar, Hannibal or Scipio might&apos;ve reached more fame and conquest but to me he best embodies the warrior king of that time, perhaps it&apos;s also the slight misfortune that befall him to garner more sympathy. The term pyrrhic victory doesn&apos;t do his victories justice. By all account the Roman Empire might&apos;ve been a Magna Graecian one.

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• TH

  @theOneManCrew · 2 years ago

  i thought you made a mistake when one of the senators did not have eyes, but it being caecus shows just how detailed you are and the dedication you have for this channel

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  @DarthVader-ig6ci · 2 years ago

  How the hell do this people keep doing this, these Romans, not just one time in their history but multiple times have they been drawn into a near collapse inducing war, facing multiple defeats, multiple enemies, wars on multiple fronts, even when they are close to breaking point. Any reasonable nation would&apos;ve surrendered, yet even at such a condition Romans endured and snatched victory and ends up in a better position than they started with and an enlarged territory... Absolutely unbelievable

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