Battle of Heraclea

When

280 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.22° N, 16.67° E

Description

battle

Battle in 280 BC between the Romans and Pyrrhus of Epirus

The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus, and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. Although the battle was a victory for the Greeks, they incurred severe losses.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Responding to an appeal from Tarentum, King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the Romans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Heraclea: Verlustreicher Pyrrhussieg der tarentinisch-epirotischen Truppen über die Römer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pyrrhus remporte une victoire à la bataille d'Héraclée contre P. Valerius Laevinius”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pirro de Epiro al frente de los griegos derrota al ejército de Roma en la batalla de Heraclea, en el marco de las guerras pírricas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “タラスの要請に応え、ピュロスは20000を超える軍を率いローマと対決する（ピュロス戦争）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page