Second part of Pyrrhic War

Most important places in Pyrrhic War

After the losing battle of Asculum in 279 BC where King Pyrrhus of Epirus lost 3,500 soldiers ,including many of his officers, state army King of Epirus was very bad. At first, his army was really tired and lost 3,500 soldiers what was on the foreign territory non-renewable. The last battle in this war was the battle of Beneventum(today Benevento in Campania-Italy).The Roman forces which after lost battle rebuild and had apparently 40000 soldiers that is to say two army of the consul led by Manius Curius Dentatus met near Benevento weak army Pyrrhus of Epirus which had apparently 20000 infantry,3000 cavalry and 18 war elephants. Although the Roman Republic army still scared war elephants it all strike two army of consuls refused very weak army King of Epirus but apparently in this moment like from tree slumped 3000 cavalry from the army of Pyrrhus and immediately destroyed big part of the Roman republic army, but Roman army in this battle fought Roman legions which showed more superiority over Macedonian phalanx because counter-attack of Roman army was decisive, was destroyed apparently half of army Pyrrhus of Epirus. Result these battle is very difficult to define because it wasn’t neither victory of Roman legion(because they was retread to Rome) nor Epirus’s army which lost several thousand soldiers and have to retread too to Greece. After the reconstruction, Roman republic army engage Tarento in 272 BC and that was finish of Pyrrhic War.