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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3027575, member: 91461&quot;]Thanks and RIGHT!?!? How cool was that guy. His 2nd (he lost the 3rd battle he had with them) &quot;victory&quot; over the Romans is the reason we call it a &quot;pyrrhic victory&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Definition: &quot;A <b>Pyrrhic victory</b> (/ˈpɪrɪk/ ( listen) PIRR-ik) is a <b>victory</b> that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a <b>Pyrrhic victory</b> has been victorious in some way, though the heavy toll negates a true sense of achievement or profit.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>He and the Romans had both sustained massive casualties (Plutarch gives #s of 15,000 Romans and 13,000 Greeks). </p><p>Once the battle was over, and the Romans had been chased off the battlefield, one of his generals came and congratulated him on the hard fought victory. His response, classic, &quot;If we are &quot;victorious&quot; one more time, we shall be utterly ruined!&quot; </p><p>Did he really say it. I don&#039;t know. But man what a sound bite it would have made.</p><p>I&#039;ll have to check the book out. I love historic reads (hopefully it&#039;s on audible).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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