Sunday, July 24, 2011

What is a Pyrrhic Victory?

Pyrrhic victory
n
a victory in which the victor's losses are as great as those of the defeated. Also called Cadmean victory [named after Pyrrhus (319-272 BC), King of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC but suffered heavy losses]


Source: The Free Dictionary

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