Pierr King Biography

Pyrrhus - Brief Military Biography - Wars: The Fourth War of Diadokhs - years BC. The struggle for Macedonia - years BC. Pyrrhic war with Rome BC. Sicilian campaign Military assistance against Carthage in BC. The second Italian campaign before n. War with Antigon Gonat BC. Battle of Heracle July BC. Battle of ausculus to n. Battle of Beneunsa BC. The king of Epirotes, one of the greatest commanders of the Hellenistic era, the winner of Rome and Carthage, remaining a six -year -old boy after the death of Tsar Ealid, Pyrrh was brought up in the family of Tsar Illyrian Tavlantiev Glavkia.

With the help of Demeteria, the Peliorkete, which in the city of Pyrrhus retired to Demetrius in Malaya Asia and intervened in the struggle of diadokhs. Together with Demetrie, Pyrrhus took part in the battle of Ipsus and here for the first time showed the talent of the commander. Sent to Alexandria as a hostage, Pyrrhus married the stepdaughter of Ptolemy Antigone.

With the help of Ptolemy, Pyrrhus in the city of Pyrrhus soon quarreled with Demetrius and in G. two years later he managed to sit on the Macedonian throne, but after the seven -month reign of Pirr he was forced to give in power to Lysimach and retire to Epirus. Now he had to defend his own kingdom in the war with Macedonia for several years. Having finally lost hope of the acquisition of Macedonia, Pyrrhus turned his aspirations to the West.

Called to the aid of the Talents, who at that time, the war with Rome at that time, Pirr first of the Greeks collided with the Romans. According to T. Mommzen, Pyrrh turned out to be only a chivalry ataman and military adventurer, a very capable and animated thought to establish the West Hellenic monarchy in the city of Pirr with an army of 20 thousand infantrymen, 2 thousand shooters, horsemen and 20 combat elephants.

The Pirr troops included Molosses, Ambramers, Macedonians and Thessalians. The Romans began to prepare for war, strengthening their Greek cities. They managed to prevent the union of the Luents and Samnitov with Pirr, against whom they put up a thousandth army under the command of the Consul Publius Levin. The main reason for the defeat was the use of pyrrhrome of battle elephants that the Romans met for the first time.

The result of the victory of Pyrrhus was the retreat of the Romans from Luking, who crossed the side of Pyrrhus and the falling away from Rome Bruttios, Samnits, Sables and the Greeks. The conditions of peace proposed by Pyrrhum at the initiative of the elderly Appepy Claudius Blind were proudly rejected by the Romans, and then Pyrrhus decided to move to Rome.

Levin’s legions followed him. Pyrrhus occupied Fretals and Anabnia, but here he met a new army led by Consul Tiberius Korunkaniy, running from the north. Thus, Pirr was between the two fires and was forced to retreat to Tarenta. Next year, Pirr resumed an attack on Rome and again defeated the Romans under Ausculum Apulia. But Pyrrh himself did not benefit from his victory. By this time, the Latins, Campanans, Volski, Sabin, Umbra, Peligns, Frentans, Arpans, and none of them changed Rome were included in Rome.

Wanting to reward himself in a different place, Pyrrh took advantage of the call of Siraczyan, who offered him in G. the rulers of the city hoped with the help of Pyrrhus to make Siracuse the main center of Western Hellas. However, this led Pyrrhus to hostile relations with Carthage, who discovered the war against him. Pirra managed to become the sovereign ruler of Sicily, to start his own fleet and create a solid support in Italy, where the city of Talents became its base.

But soon Pirr began to lose his power over the conquered territories, since the Sicilians dissatisfied with his inept actions began to go over to the side of Carthage or Rome. Already by the end of G. Pyrrh, he was forced to sail to Tarenta, having lost several ships on the road in a sea fight with the Punis. Taking advantage of the departure of Pyrrhus, the Sicilians overthrew the king’s power.

Having landed in Italy, Pyrrhus moved to the aid of the Summies, and under Benevense Maleventum met with the Romans under the command of the consul Maria Kuria Dentat. Here, his troops suffered a complete defeat, as the fighting elephants, which were in the Pirr army, made a panic among his own warriors.

With 8 thousand infantry and horsemen, Pyrrhus returned to Epirus, leaving the garrison in the talent, which so far remained on his side. He managed to defeat the troops of Antigon Gonat and take part of Macedonia. But Pyrrhus did not strengthen his power here, and in G., through a long siege, the king of Ares, which was missing there, arrived there, along with his ally, Antigon, who secondly occupied the Macedonian throne.

Pyrrhus was forced to take off the siege and retreat to Argos, but already at the end of the year he was wounded in a street battle and died. The military leaders of the same country and the era may also be interested in the main page:.