While Pyrrhus had been campaigning against the Carthaginians, the Romans rebuilt their army by calling up thousands of fresh recruits.
The Roman cognomen "Burrus" is the Latin version of the name Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
Pyrrhus | Pyrrhus of Epirus | Northern Epirus | Despotate of Epirus | Charops of Epirus |
This opinion agrees with the work of Marin Barleti who writes: "When the people saw all those young and brave men around Skanderbeg, then it was not hard to believe that the armies of Sultan Murat were so defeated by the Albanians. Indeed, the times when the star of Macedon shone brilliantly had returned, just as they seemed in those long forgotten times of Pyrrhus and Alexander."
The Siege of Lilybaeum was an action of the Pyrrhic War in 278 BC, when an Epirote-Sicilian army led by Pyrrhus of Epirus attempted to capture the port city of Lilybaeum held by the Carthaginian Empire.