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024.12 Asculum 5 The site of a battle fought in the Pyrrhic war in 279 B.C., for which Joyce has his facts substantially correct.Wikipedia entry Battle of Asculum (279 BC)
024.18 Pyrrhus 5 The Macedonian general in the Pyrrhic wars. His "end" was caused by an old Aregead woman who dropped a roofing tile on him from above, allowing an Argive soldier to behead him.Wikipedia entry Pyrrhus of Epirus This fate is referred to in 025.21 as "fallen by a beldam's (old woman's) hand."
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