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To: Verginius Rufus
Pyrrhus did go to Sicily but he fought the Carthaginians there.

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.

43 posted on 07/10/2013 2:36:50 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
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.

57 posted on 07/10/2013 4:48:03 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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