Followers of this man believed his right foot had the power to heal people's spleens.
Followers of this man believed his right foot had the power to heal people's spleens. This king appointed Gauls to oversee the city of Aegae (EYE-guy) he captured after the Battle of the Aous River, but they angered the people by digging up ancient tombs. His son Ptolemy was slain during a failed attempt to put Cleonymus on the throne instead of Areus. This man died after a failed siege of Sparta in Argos after the mother of a soldier threw a tile that knocked him from his horse. When this man left Tarentum, he mused on the battlefield he was leaving for Carthage and its current uneasy ally. After winning the Battle of Asculum against the Romans, he commented, "one more such victory and we are undone". For 10 points, what Greek king of Epirus gives his name to victories in which the winner suffers devastating losses?
Followers of this man believed his right foot had the power to heal people's spleens.
Pyrrhus of Epirus