Pyrrhos...the Chuck Norris of Antiquity????
Yes most will remember him for being the standard definition for a disastrous victory but for me Pyrrhos will forever become the definition of a whats it meant to be a tough ass motherer.
Why?? Well reading Plutarch's biography on him i come across...THIS!!!!
Pyrrhus himself had just learned of his son's death, and in an angony of grief ordered his Molossian cavalry to charge the Spartans. He himself rode at their head and strove to drown his sorrow in Spartan blood. He had always shown himself to be an irresistible and terrifying fighter, but this time his daring had surpassed anything that had been seen before. When he rode at Evalcus, the Spartan side-stepped his charge and aimed a blow with his sword that had just missed Pyrrhus'bridle hand and sheared through the reins. Pyrrhus ran him through with his lance but in the same moment fell from his horse: he went on fighting on foot and cut to pieces the picked company of spartans who were fighting around the body of Evalcus.- Plutarch, Pyrrhus C.30
Ok simply put...Pyrrhus lead his companions of flatterers, orgie homeboys, house security guards and dinner buddies plus a few horsemen in a direct charge against the most hardened Spartans warrior fully prepared for the charge. He gone in and beat the crap out of the best of these hardened elite spartans warrior.
So yes butt ugly Pyrrhus maybe but he's better at maths then that geek in your high school class (army logistic= many many MATHS!!!!), great at talking, competent general and make a sacrifcial ceremony out of hardened spartan warriors. Personally i think he just overtaken Liam Nelson's place as the most badass father ever.
SO RS team if amateur historians come Q_Qing about general bodyguards being too tough then point them to Pyrrhus.
Now coming to think about it....that Roman cavalrymen who unhorse him must have been the Bruce Lee of Antiquity....
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Originally Posted by Theoroshia
