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Battle of Heraclea | |||||||
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Part of the Pyrrhic War | |||||||
Battle sites and places of the Pyrrhic War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Epirus Magna Graecia | Roman Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pyrrhus | Publius Valerius Laevinus | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
35,500 men
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45,000 men
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
4,000–11,000 killed |
7,000–15,000 killed 1,800 captured |
The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus, and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. Although the battle was a victory for the Greeks, they incurred severe losses.[2]