Heraclea: Pyrros vs Rome

 

Rounding up the year with an ancient battle: Rome versus king Pyrros of Epirus and his tarentine allies

The legions move in line, while the greeks form a crescent, protocannae?

The roman left wheels to face the outnumbering cavalry in front

Clash of blades! Oscans annihilate the latin velites

The roman left cavalry is bloodily repulsed

And eventually, routed

The legions contact the greeks, pikemen and elefants lagging behind

The tarentine hoplites are destroyed

Oscans too

The central legions smash into the phalanx, wiping it out utterly

In the right, the roman riders have somehow survived against Pyrros and his elite companions

But they're eventually killed

The greek cavalry now falls upon the unprotected roman rear

Finally the tarentine cavalry is routed, pushing the greeks over their morale threshold and winning the day for the Urbs