Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27265101-20170131070502/@comment-25936766-20170209124400

Eh, no, you have it backwards and wrong, Ray.

Pyrrhic victory, is a term named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, not Pyrrha. The term is derived from the results of 2 battles in the Pyrrhic War. The Epirotes fought the Romans, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, especially the Romans.

However, the Romans had faaar more soldiers than the Epirotes, so the high casualties were not as much of a problem as it was for the Epirotes. 1000-600=400. 700-600=100, after all.