Battle of Asculum
· Asculum (near Ascoli Satriano), Apulia, Italy

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported · file Pyrrhus fought the Romans near Asculum in Apulia and won the costly victory later associated with the phrase “Pyrrhic victory.” Coordinates represent modern Ascoli Satriano, conventionally associated with ancient Asculum.