Asculum

American  

[as-kyuh-luhm] / ˈæs kjə ləm /

noun

1. an ancient town in Apulia, SE Italy: Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in 279 B.C.

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“Another such victory and we shall be utterly ruined,” the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus supposedly muttered after his army lost thousands of soldiers while defeating the Romans at Asculum in 279 B.C.

From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022

The phrase, about a victory won at too great a cost, refers to King Pyrrhus of Epirus' subduing of Roman forces in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2015

The word pyrrhic comes from the Greek general, Pyrrhus, who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Asculum but lost so many troops that he couldn’t defeat Rome itself.

From Time ● Mar. 19, 2014

Finally the Romans came upon him near a city called Asculum and pitched camp opposite.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio

Ventidius was son of a Picenian nobleman of Asculum, who had been brought to Rome as a captive in the Social War.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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