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319-272 BC

Pyrrhus

King of Epirus whose costly wins against Rome gave the world the phrase Pyrrhic victory.

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  1. One more victory like this and we are finished.

    After beating the Romans at enormous cost, King Pyrrhus said that if they won one more battle like it, they would be utterly ruined. It gave us the phrase Pyrrhic victory. Count what the win costs.

    Plutarch, Life of Pyrrhus 21.9, our translation from the Greek