Pyrrhus

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §29 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus whose invasion of Italy (280 BC) Livy names as the next great trial after the Samnites.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §59 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus who warred on Rome in Italy (280-275 BC).

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §7 Pyrrhus' proud domination

  King of Epirus (319–272 BC) who warred on Rome in Italy; his domineering protection of Tarentum is Magius' warning of what a foreign garrison means.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §3 the coming of Pyrrhus into Italy

  King of Epirus (319–272 BC) who warred on Rome in Italy; the desolation of his war had halved Croton.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §28 Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus of Epirus, enemy of Rome in the 3rd century, cited in the Regium precedent.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §8 Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who once plundered Proserpina's treasure and, taught by shipwreck, restored it.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §3 Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus of Epirus (319-272 BC), who from a smaller kingdom dared to invade Italy; the cautionary parallel.

• The History of Rome, Book 34 §1 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus who warred on Rome (280-275 BC) and tried to bribe Romans through Cineas.

• The History of Rome, Book 35 §15 Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus of Epirus, ranked second by Hannibal for his skill in choosing ground.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §45 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus who invaded Italy on behalf of Tarentum (280-275 BC); cited as a precedent of cities that erred yet were spared.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §7 Pyrrhus

  Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (319-272 BC), whose royal residence at Ambracia left it richly adorned with art.

• The History of Rome, Book 39 §52 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus who invaded Italy; the Romans honorably warned him of a plot to poison him.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §3 Pyrrhus

  King of Epirus (319–272 BC) who invaded Italy to fight Rome; cited here as a foreign enemy who nonetheless had not violated the temple.