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Pyrrhic War
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Pyrrhic_War
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
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