Hymie Goldberg
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In 281 BC Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, landed in Italy with a large army and immediately began kicking the hell out of the Latin League. He destroyed many of the Italic cities but, before he got to Rome, he left to help Syracuse against a Carthaginian offensive in 278.
By not finishing his Italian campaign and razing Rome, he allowed the Romans, as the largest of the remaining Latin cities to consolidate thier power over the rest of the League and rise to full preeminence.
If Pyrrhus takes care of business in Italy before rescuing the Syracusans, the Kingdom of Epirus may have become the Epirian Empire--especially after he uses the resources of Sicily and Italy for his conquest of the Aetolian League and Macedon--although those resources might be better spent going after Carthage.
PS--Pyrrhus is the guy who was the inspiration for the word pyrrhic, as in pyrrhic victory. The guy was a great general who won all his battles but lost all his wars.
By not finishing his Italian campaign and razing Rome, he allowed the Romans, as the largest of the remaining Latin cities to consolidate thier power over the rest of the League and rise to full preeminence.
If Pyrrhus takes care of business in Italy before rescuing the Syracusans, the Kingdom of Epirus may have become the Epirian Empire--especially after he uses the resources of Sicily and Italy for his conquest of the Aetolian League and Macedon--although those resources might be better spent going after Carthage.
PS--Pyrrhus is the guy who was the inspiration for the word pyrrhic, as in pyrrhic victory. The guy was a great general who won all his battles but lost all his wars.