A Panicked Elephant and a Roof Tile Ended Pyrrhus
Ancient Mediterranean

A Panicked Elephant and a Roof Tile Ended Pyrrhus

He had beaten Rome twice, but a single war elephant—panicked, untrained, and rampaging through his own lines—ended the campaign that was supposed to destroy the Republic.

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Ancient GreeceRoman RepublicMilitary HistoryPyrrhus of EpirusWar ElephantsMediterraneanClassical AntiquityBattlefield Disasters

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