Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Pyrrhus

Battles of Pyrrhus

king of Epirus from 307 to 302 and 297 to 272 BC, 318 BC to 272 BC

Pyrrhus is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 301 BC and 272 BC: 8 battles and 6 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Italy (9), Greece (3), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,875 km apart end to end, 298 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pyrrhic War (9), Fourth War of the Diadochi (1), Demetrius I's struggle for the Macedonian throne (1).

Siege of AthensSiege of VenusiaBattle of RhegiumSiege of EryxSiege of LilybaeumBattle of the Strait of MessinaBattle of the Aoos RiverSiege of SpartaBattle of ArgosBattle of IpsusBattle of HeracleaBattle of AsculumSiege of SyracuseBattle of BeneventumBattle of IpsusBattle of HeracleaBattle of AsculumSiege of SyracuseBattle of BeneventumAthensNaplesSofiaTiranaPalermoThessalonikiSarajevoVallettaİzmirFlorence500 km39.142N, 21.710E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

301 BC: 1 engagements287 BC: 1 engagements280 BC: 1 engagements279 BC: 2 engagements2 in 279 BC278 BC: 2 engagements2 in 278 BC277 BC: 1 engagements276 BC: 2 engagements2 in 276 BC275 BC: 1 engagements274 BC: 1 engagements272 BC: 2 engagements2 in 272 BC301 BC272 BC
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ipsus, 301 BCSiege of Athens, 287 BCBattle of Heraclea, 280 BCBattle of Asculum, 279 BCSiege of Venusia, 279 BCSiege of Syracuse, 278 BCBattle of Rhegium, 278 BCSiege of Eryx, 277 BCSiege of Lilybaeum, 276 BCBattle of the Strait of Messina, 276 BCBattle of Beneventum, 275 BCBattle of the Aoos River, 274 BCSiege of Sparta, 272 BCBattle of Argos, 272 BC301 BC272 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
301 BCBattle of IpsusIpsos, TurkeyAnti-Antigonid coalition victory
287 BCSiege of AthensAthens, Greece642 km WAthenian and Epirote victory
280 BCBattle of HeracleaPolicoro, Italy658 km NWEpiruite victory
279 BCBattle of AsculumAscoli Satriano, Italy145 km NWGreek victory
279 BCSiege of VenusiaVenosa, Italy35 km SEEpirote victory
278 BCSiege of SyracuseSyracuse, Italy436 km SEpirote and Syracusan victory
278 BCBattle of RhegiumItaly120 km NControl maintained by the Campanian garrison; Pyrrhus...
277 BCSiege of EryxEryx, Italy268 km WEpirote victory
276 BCSiege of LilybaeumLilibaeum, Italy30 km SWCarthaginian victory
276 BCBattle of the Strait of MessinaStrait of Messina, Italy285 km ECarthaginian victory
275 BCBattle of BeneventumBenevento, Italy329 km NInconclusive, Roman strategic victory
274 BCBattle of the Aoos RiverVjosa, Albania385 km EEpirote victory
272 BCSiege of SpartaSparta, Greece479 km SESpartan–Antigonid victory
272 BCBattle of ArgosArgos, Greece65 km NEAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.