This leader, who is said to have convinced the Mamertines he was a god by slicing their largest warrior in two, foresaw his death in combat when he came across the statue of a bull fighting a wolf.
This leader, who is said to have convinced the Mamertines he was a god by slicing their largest warrior in two, foresaw his death in combat when he came across the statue of a bull fighting a wolf. He was beheaded that day during his abortive Argos campaign after being knocked of his horse by a roof tile thrown by an old woman. Failures include his attempt to install Cleonymus as ruler of Sparta and his loss at the Battle of Beneventum, though this one time ally of Demetrius also came close to building a kingdom at Sicily, defeated Antigonus Gonatas to win a second stint as king of Macedonia, and triumphed over the Romans at Heraclea while commanding the army of Tarentum. Best known for a narrowly-won battle in Apulia during that same campaign, this is, FTP, what Molossian king of Epirus whose victory at Ausculum made his name synonymous with costly victories?
This leader, who is said to have convinced the Mamertines he was a god by slicing their largest warrior in two, foresaw his death in combat when he came across the statue of a bull fighting a wolf.
{Pyrrhus} of Epirus