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Famed conqueror Pyrrhus of Epirus being killed by a soldier's mother throwing a roof tile on his head, Battle of Argos, Greece (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think that's intended to be one of his own soldiers. He was killed in the process of attempting to kill one of the Argive soldiers in the city. The Argive's mother saw Pyrrhus attempting to kill her son and dropped the brick tile on his head. In this image, I think the soldier at the bottom is intended to be the Argive.