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Event · 280 BCE – 275 BCE

Pyrrhic War

Also known as

Bellum Tarentinum
Chiến tranh Pyrros
Guerra pirrica
guerras pirricas
guerras pírricas
Guerras pírricas

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participated inCarthage9th c. BCE
has partBattle of Heraclea
has partBattle of the Cranita hills
has partBattle of the Strait of Messina
participated inLucanians
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