Talk:Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)

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The text says: "the Romans outnumbered Pyrrhus' forces" while the box ("strength") says the contrary. Which one is correct?--Proofreader 05:58, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Also, the casualties of Pyrrhus forces seem unreasonably high, suggesting a crushing defeat rather than what the text states in "Although they never defeated Pyrrhus on the field".

Yes, Beneventum was the battle that convinced Pyrrhus to leave Italia and Roman histories say that Pyrrhus was narrowly defeated, though many historians now claim it was inconclusive. The numbers aren't given in the sources I read, but they should be around even, and certainly not that high for either battle, or any battle that Pyrrhus fought against the Romans.