The Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus: 3rd Century BC

By: Sekunda, Nicholas

Fully illustrated story of the army of the Greek king who fought both Rome and Carthage in the 280s--270s BC, and gave the world the phrase a Pyrrhic victory for a success so costly that it counts as a defeat.

Fully illustrated with detailed color plates, this is the story of one of the most renowned warrior-kings of the post-Alexandrian age, whose costly encounters with Republican Rome have become a byword for victory won at unsustainable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472833481
• ISBN13: 9781472833488
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.5"