280 B.C. Lego Battle of Heraclea. Pyrrhus of Epirus vs. Rome
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- Pyrrhus was the king of Epirus, a rocky impoverished kingdom in the northwest of Greece, just south of Macedonia. He was a second cousin of Alexander the Great. He came to southeastern Italy, just near the top of the heel, at the request of the Greeks of the city of Tarentum, who had just provoked (or been provoked into) war with Rome. Other Greeks of southern Italy supported Pyrrhus in his bid to challenge Rome, like Greeks from Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea itself (the city from which the battle's name is derived).
Pyrrhus came with his own Hellenic Phalanx and also soldiers donated by Ptolemy II of Egypt, the Greek king of that part of Alexander's fractured empire. Ptolemy II also lent 20 war elephants to Pyrrhus, the first known use of these animals in Italy. Sixty years later Hannibal Barca would invade Italy with elephants for a second time.
The legions of Rome were commanded in the battle of Heraclea by Consul Publius Valerius Laevinus. He sent his cavalry around as if to conduct a foraging mission, but in fact to cross the river Siris behind the lines of the Greeks.
The Roman legions crossed the river directly against the light infantry along the Greeks' side of the river. Slingers from Rhodes and archers shot at the Romans but scattered when enough Romans gathered on the Greeks' side of the river. They alerted Pryyhus and the heavy infantry and calvary that the legions had arrived.
The Roman legion and Greek phalanx had never done battle before, and although the Romans could not defeat the phalanx, the phalanx could not turn the lines of legionaries. The elephants, however, were unknown to the horses of the Roman cavalry, which fled in a panic at the sight or smell of the elephants. This left the Roman lines undefended by cavalry, and soon attacked on its flank. With heavy losses the Romans retreated.
Pyrrhus was the victor of the battle, but at a loss of soldiers that was too steep for him to bear more than once. While the Romans could easily and quickly recruit replacement legionaries, Pyrrhus' losses were not easily replaced.
After a second battle against the Romans the next year at Asculum, which Pyrrhus also won, Pyrrhus remarked that another such victory against the Romans would utterly undo him.
Good information about this battle and Pyrrhus is recorded in almost-contemporary sources that we still have, and can be read in English translation for free at:
www.livius.org/ps-pz/pyrrhus/p...
penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E... - Hry
Truly great. This was made 10 whole years ago and I still find it relavant to me. Wow.
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he was going to say"another victory like this and we will be ruined". search for pyrrhic victory for more details
Rodrigo Nakamuta nah, he was going to say fucked. BD said it.
A phalanx (a tightly-formed group of men) is a military formation best used against cavalry but it was vulnerable from the sides and the formation was improved and used in conjunction with other troops (convincingly) in battle by Phillip II of Macedonia. Pyrrus, being experienced in utilizing phalanxes in battle, also used archers, slingers, cavalry and war elephants in the Battles of Heraclea and Asculum in 280-79 BC but the Romans were able to inflict very heavy casualties upon his troops with Legionaries (well-equipped and organized soldiers with javelins, tower shields, spears and gladius swords about 2 feet long) anyway.
it is angering the gods too
Yes
If you look up “The Eagle of Epirus” this is the second thing that shows up
Wow. By far this is the best lego animation i have ever seen! I'm surprised you only have 900 subs! I'll definitely keep watching!
I doubt you'll see this but if you want to see a lego history channel like this but better search for JD brick productions his vids are great
@@danilapolesciuk4316 JD Brick Productions is great, but he is NOT better than Brick Dictator. BD is and probably always will be GOATed simply because his direction is excellent and actually captures the scale and the intensity of the battles he depicts. Dialogue, one-on-one fights, story; all of that is kept to a barebones minimum so the audience can see what we're really here for: gory, historically accurate lego bloodshed at a blistering pace and on a massive scale.
Hence Pyrrhic victories. Fantastic video as well , makes me wonder why I didn't discover this channel sooner for the Quality it gives!
This is amazing! What program do you use to make things like this?
U are really good at making stuff with lego, Brick Dictator. You also make it look so fluent. You are the best at it!
Great looking battle! I think that you had to make do with the material available....montefortino helmets for the romans would be too much to ask, but maybe in the future someone would make them available....great effort guys, looks amazing!
I admire, you get to animate many minifig on the same sequence. This is awesome. I also do Brickfilm the medieval theme and it is not easy to lead to fighting. Congratulations;)
Thanks for checking out my videos! My future ones will be a lot better, since I have worked a lot on lighting and smooth animation issues since I released those.
It is very well, great work!
Where did you get these mini figures and helmets, shields, etc
Awesome!
very well made, good job
Very good, and accurate video, You are my favourite Lego War historican :D
Hopefully what i see here is factual. :)
Cool, well done 😊
Very cool
So realistic! I was expecting lego blood!
Amazing
Well done mate
Cool!
Awesome
Best ever lego battle
Dude you be the best at this
it's so cool I love it.
great video
More elephants pleas!
Cool
Oh my God! Your stop motions are SO good! I guess your weapons and armor and such are from brickforge, but where do you get the body pieces that you use for the Romans and Hoplites, and where did you get the slings? And where did you get the Elephants?!
I love it
very good work...
that's all we could afford
Very nice!!
well done
I like your videos!
I love your videos
EPIC
Time to subscribe
Nice
this is awesome!!!!!!
Awsome
Pyrrhus was hardcore twice in battle he removed his helmet so his men could see him and be rallied.
In RTR VII, the Eppirotes wore blue... so, I guess it's no trouble having them like that ;)
That's sick Legos
brilliant.
good job :D
Pyrrhus seems to be very brave.
Thank you so much.
"Another victory like this and i'll be fucking ruined"
And I'm what?!?!?! Ugly? Dead? Saved? WHAT WAS HE SAYING!!!!
Seriously, what was he saying.
+Dash Craft
"and I'm fucked"
Alright, thanks!
+Dash Craft He was gonna said his most famous quote: "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined". He said this because he won the battle but at a cost so great it was barely or not worth it at all, hence the term phyrrhic victory. But i think the maker of the video said it wrong so he cut it. There is another video of the same battle in his channel where Phyrrhus actually says it.
Hence the term 'Pyrrhic victory'.
Oh comeon swaring always always swearing
yeah lol good job mate
U should do battle of otumba or massacre off the 9 legion it would be sick
I am sure that it is the Roman Quincunx and not the Legionaries who were not in the Roman army until it's reforms in 101 BC... Just some random Roman information...
Great video anyway and an amazing representation of the battle using Lego.
nice ending
It's a very very nice :) !
Haha, thank's for the comment!
I enjoy your videos.
Thanks
Це відео дуже круте!
Lol awesome video.
could u make a battle of troy? with the horse thingy?
you are great
So,close to 100k
So he was the one who made the term of pyrich victory.
Another victory like this and my voice will be more like a pipsqueak
this was almost like a trailer
looking into some
I like it too love Roman battles
If I'm correct here, I believe the romans used more of a stabbing Technic; probably not true but regardless its aamazing
That IS true.
Good battle you made
Name of the Song please????
greate greate greate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0:37 and that’s why elephants are banned in war games
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Were did you get all of those minifigures?
Are these custom Lego figures, or can one acquire them somewhere?
One complaint I have is that Pyrrhus never used Hoplites he used Pikemen.
nofearofwater he also never used toothpaste
Can you please tell me the name of the music it’s so epic.
And I'm what? WHAT PYRRHUS.
how many figures were used in this
Where do you get these pieces?
There were hastati,principles and triarii at that time
I know the army in this video is not Pre-Marian and it just kind of looks like the 1st century BC Legionaries, but what do you expect from a Lego video?
wow, dude how did you get so many slingshots.
Where you get this figures?
The Greeks didn't hold up like this when the sieges were invented
The Spartans weren't so easily killed. If they got there arm cut off, they would keep fighting for a couple more minutes.
lol you think this because?? and I don't think it ever said that in any doc
lol he said Spartans!
Awesomosupremeio what? Are you talking to me?
What the name of the song in the background?
I love Spartans!💖💙❤️💓
There not even Spartans there just hoplites using Macedonian phalanx created by Philip the 2nd aka the father of Alexander the great
more legion and hoplite sword fight ☺😊😁😀😃😄
what's the name of the music
What did the guy say after that dictator
I love it so much
Fucking, awesome
Where do you but this?
What's sound?
What song?
How many fps do you use ?
Where did you get the amour
brickwarriors
thanks
Y did it just cut off "great victory, another victory like that.......?"
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