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Pyrrhus the Eagle
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The Battle of Heraclea: A Roman army of 50,000 men marched into Lucanian territory to prevent them from joining Pyrrhus. Although he had little more than his Epirote army Pyrrhus met the Roman army in battle near the small coastal town of Heraclea.... more
The Battle of Heraclea: A Roman army of 50,000 men marched into Lucanian territory to prevent them from joining Pyrrhus. Although he had little more than his Epirote army Pyrrhus met the Roman army in battle near the small coastal town of Heraclea. The Romans had never seen elephants before (calling them Lucanian Oxen) and their cavalry panicked, fleeing back into and causing disorder among their own infantry The Romans were saved from complete annihilation by a wounded elephant that panicked the other elephants and caused them to turn on Pyrrhus's own army. Pyrrhus had to call off his pursuit of the fleeing Roman troops. Ancient writers estimated casualties as between 7,000 to 15,000 Romans and 4,000 to 13,000 Epirotes « less
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