How the world’s first-ever Pyrrhic victory went down

How the world’s first-ever Pyrrhic victory went down

Pyrrhus of Epirus was a beloved king, benevolent leader, and one of the most successful generals of the ancient world. He was so successful that Hannibal of Carthage, who earned a name for himself by kicking around the Romans for a while, called him the second greatest military commander after Alexander the Great. But no one would know any of that because his name is really remembered for that one thing: his big wins against the Romans at the Ba…