Precisely - that's what I meant by "death of empires" - as usual, I wasn't clear enough.
It was also his last western campaign IIRC. The guy really was a lot better than a lot of historians give him credit for.
Yes, a pretty good general, but not very good at dodging roof tiles.
There is a lesson to be learned from Pyrrhus' death--don't invade a city with narrow streets with a bunch of elephants. It's a mistake that even the worst Civil War generals avoided.