In the previous episode of our animated historical documentary series on the king of Epirus Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic wars, the Greek king defeated the Roman legions at the battle of Heraclea. Although the battle was impressive, the Roman republic wasn't planning to relent and sign a peace treaty. Pyrrhus and his phalanx would have to fight Rome at the battle of Asculum, but even that wasn't enough to sate the appetites of the king and he would later attack the Carthaginians on Sicily.
