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===The Reasons Behind the Pyrrhic Victory===
[[File: Roman_coin_of_Pyrrhus.jpg|300px|thumbnail|leftright|Depiction of a Roman Coin Showing One of Pyrrhus’ Elephants]]
An close examination reveals that the true problem with Pyrrhus’ victories was not necessarily how costly they were, but more so the lack of political and diplomatic strategy he employed with them. Pyrrhus’ poor diplomatic skills turned the Greeks of Italy and Sicily against him and even made the Romans and Sicilians – natural enemies and competitors for control of the western Mediterranean – to make temporary peace. Polybius wrote that the two powers formalized the anti-Pyrrhus alliance in writing.
