Pyrrhic War

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pyrrhic_War

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:belligerent	gptkb:Epirus gptkb:Roman_Republic gptkb:Bruttians gptkb:Lucanians gptkb:Samnites gptkb:Carthage gptkb:Tarentum Greek city-states in Italy
gptkbp:casualties	heavy on both sides
gptkbp:casusBelli	Thurii appeal for help
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Pyrrhus_of_Epirus gptkb:Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus gptkb:Manius_Curius_Dentatus gptkb:Publius_Valerius_Laevinus
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Epirus gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkbp:endDate	275 BC
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first direct conflict between Rome and Hellenistic world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pyrrhic War
gptkbp:legacy	origin of the term 'Pyrrhic victory'
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Epirus gptkb:Sicily gptkb:Southern_Italy
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Pyrrhus_of_Epirus
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Asculum gptkb:Battle_of_Beneventum gptkb:Battle_of_Heraclea
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Roman-Greek_wars
gptkbp:result	Roman victory
gptkbp:startDate	280 BC
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Roman_Republic gptkb:Pyrrhus'_Greeks
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5