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Pyrrhus was the
King
of
Epirus
, in
Greece
. He was a brave and clever
soldier
who dreamt of
glory
and
conquest
. In 281 BC the city of Tarentum in
Italy
declared war on
Rome
. Tarentum was a Greek
colony
and so it turned to Greece for help. Pyrrhus was only too happy to oblige and he led his army to Italy. Pyrrhus met the Romans at Heraclea and defeated them. But in the
battle
, Pyrrhus lost so many men that he declared: "One more such
victory
and we shall be utterly
ruined
." Since then, the term "a Pyrrhic victory" has meant a victory won at such a
cost
that it is
useless
.
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