As a classicist, Boris Johnson will be all too aware of the fate of Pyrrhus of Epirus in the third century BC. He enjoyed a series of victories against the Romans but at such a cost of casualties on ...

There is little doubt the United States can achieve its tactical objectives against Iran through military force—but what if doing so leads to strategic calamity elsewhere in the world?

Work to rebuild the Southampton home of Pyrrhus Concer — a man who was enslaved and later become a whaler and world traveler — as a history and education center could begin this fall, advocates said.

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Pyrrhus of Epirus, the Greek king who brought war elephants to Italy and challenged rising Rome Posted: February 25, 2026 | Last updated: February 26, 2026 Decades before Rome faced Hannibal, King ...

Now that the operas of Rameau are finally beginning to be established at both ENO and Glyndebourne, we can explore what lies behind his superb music. Pyrrhus, written just before Hippolyte et Aricie, ...