 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Kutanga muna 280 BC, Pyrrhus akatanga mushandirapamwe muMagna Graecia kureva kumaodzanyemba kweItari kurwisa Republic yeRoma inozivikanwa sePyrrhic War, ichiteverwa nokupinda kwake muSicily. Ptolemy Keraunos akanga asimbisa nzvimbo yake pachigaro choumambo cheMakedhonia kupfurikidza nokupa Pyrrhus varwi vane zviuru zvishanu nenzou dzokurwa makumi maviri nokuda kweiri basa. Pyrrhus akadzokera kuEpirus muna 275 BC mushure mekutadza uye kukundikana kwekupedzisira kwezvose zviri zviviri, izvo zvakabatsira kusimuka kweRoma zvino kuti maguta echiGiriki kumaodzanyemba kweItaly akadai seTarentum akava shamwari dzeRoma. Pasinei nokuva nehomwe yemari yakaderera, Pyrrhus akasarudza kupinda muMakedhoniya muna 274 BC, nekuda kwekusava nechokwadi kwezvematongerwe enyika kwehurumende yaAntigonus II. Mushure mokukunda uto raAntigonus II raiva revarwi vaibhadhariswa mari muhondo yeAous muna 274 BC, Pyrrhus akakwanisa kumudzinga muMakedhoniya uye kumumanikidza kuti atize neuto rake rengarava. 