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          Pus of airus also known as pus the great was a significant figure in the helenistic period.

        1. Pus of airus also known as pus the great was a significant figure in the helenistic period.
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        3. In the first of a multi-part series on the life of Pyrrhus, the Molossian King of Epirus, we chronicle the transformation of the fragmented.
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        5. Epirus Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic wars - The Greek king that defeated the Roman Empire (War History Documentary).

          6. In the first of a multi-part series on the life of Pyrrhus, the Molossian King of Epirus, we chronicle the transformation of the fragmented.!

          Pyrrhus of Epirus

          King of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC

          This article is about the Epirote king.

          For other uses, see Pyrrhus.

          Pyrrhus (PIRR-əss; Ancient Greek: ΠύρροςPýrrhos; 319/318–272 BC) was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period.[2][3][4][5][6] He was king of the Molossians,[5][7] of the royal Aeacid house,[8] and later he became king (Malalas also called him toparch)[9] of Epirus.

          He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and had been regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity.[10] Several of his victorious battles caused him unacceptably heavy losses, from which the phrase "Pyrrhic victory" was coined.

          It's BC. On a large plain in Southern Italy near the town of Asculum, a famous Greek warlord likened to Alexander the Great faces down.

          Pyrrhus became king of Epirus in 306 BC at the age of 13, but was dethroned by Cassander four years later. He saw action during the Wars of the Diadochi and regained his throne in 297 BC with the support of Ptolemy I Soter.

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