All Hail Zeus! Kings of Epirus: Pyrrhus 307-272 BC Siege of Sparta

Kings of Epeiros: Pyrrhos. 297-272 BC.
⚡️ Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus facing left.
🌳 Reverse: B-ΠYΡ monogram above and beneath thunderbolt bundle within oak wreath.
The Siege of Sparta that took place in 272 BC and between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, (297-272 BC) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under the command of King Areus I (r. 309-265 BC) and his heir Acrotatus, and Macedon. The battle was fought at Sparta and ended in a Spartan-Macedonian victory.
Pyrrhus (/ˈpɪrəs/; Greek: Πύρρος Pýrrhos; 319/318-272 BC) was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king (Malalas also called him toparch) of Epirus. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Several of his victorious battles caused him unacceptably heavy losses, from which the term "Pyrrhic victory" was coined.
Predecessor: Neoptolemus II of Epirus
Successor: Alexander II
Pyrrhus became king of Epirus in 306 BC at the age of 13, but was dethroned by Cassander four years later. He saw action during the Wars of the Diadochi and regained his throne in 297 BC with the support of Ptolemy I Soter. During what came to be known as the Pyrrhic War, Pyrrhus fought Rome at the behest of Tarentum, scoring costly victories at Heraclea and Asculum. He proceeded to take over Sicily from Carthage but was soon driven out, and lost all his gains in Italy after the Battle of Beneventum in 275 BC.
Epirus was an ancient Greek state and kingdom located in the geographical region of Epirus, in north-western Greece and southern Albania. Home to the ancient Epirotes, the state was bordered by the Aetolian League to the south, Ancient Thessaly and Ancient Macedonia to the east, and Illyrian tribes to the north.
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