| The victory is likely to be Pyrrhic anyway, Pyrrhus being the ancient king who won a battle at such heavy cost that, in effect, he lost. |
| Pyrrhus marshaled his forces also, and both parties prepared for the contest. |
| After an unsuccessful four year campaign in Sicily, Pyrrhus returned, again, to aid Tarentum. |
| Led by his somewhat short-handed corps of war elephants, Pyrrhus, once again, marched on Rome. |
| It was built in the third century BC in the time of King Pyrrhus of Epiros, but was remodelled by the Romans. |
| Pyrrhus arrived in southern Italy in 280 bc with 20 elephants and 25,000 highly trained soldiers. |
