The Campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus

Ancient Warfare Podcast

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Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

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🗓️ 24 May 2013

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this our first video / audio recording Jasper, Michael, Lindsay and Josho look at Pyrrhus.

Pyrrhus was the second cousin to Alexander the Great, and at only two years he began his career as a penniless exile after his father was dethroned. Pyrrhus would rise to become King of Epirus, King of Macedon and King of Sicily...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast produced by the History Network. If you have any
0:06.4	comments or ideas, email editor at ancient-warfare.com. And for other discussions, check out the
0:15.4	ancient warfare forum, which you can find a link to at www.w.com. You can also find all the History Network
0:26.5	podcasts by going to www.thehistorynetwork.org. Hello everyone. Welcome to the first
0:35.0	Ancient Warfare magazine combined video audio podcast.
0:40.0	Today with me as always are Michael Taylor and then there's Lindsey Powell.
0:46.6	And there's Joshua Browers.
0:47.7	Hi guys.
0:48.7	Hello.
0:49.7	We've also got a slightly different style of introduction for you today so for those of you who are not completely up to date with Pyrus of a Pyrus.
0:58.7	Let's have a look.
1:01.0	Ancient Warfare Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 4.
1:05.7	Out of Alexander's Shadow, the campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epiros.
1:12.4	Pyrrhus was the second cousin to Alexander the Great, and at only two years he began his career
1:18.6	as a penniless exile after his father was dethroned. Pyrrhus would rise to become
1:24.7	King of Epiros, King of Macedon, and King of Sicily. Then, during street
1:31.1	fighting in the city of Argos, he would meet his demise when an old woman stunned him with a tile
1:37.4	thrown from a roof, and he was overpowered and beheaded. Unlike Alexander, Pyrrhus turned his eyes to the west. In 306 BC, age 12, his throne was
1:50.5	restored to him, ruling as a minor he was deposed after just four years. In the next few years, he
1:58.6	served as an officer during the turbulent wars of the Diodocchi as Alexander the Great's successors vied for power.
2:06.6	See Ancient Warfare, Volume 3, Issue 2.
2:11.4	After marrying Ptolemy of Egypt's daughter, he was once more returned to his throne in 297 BC for a short time ruling jointly
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