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How did Pyrrhus die?

  • Street battle

  • Poisoning

  • Assassination

  • Natural causes

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Pyrrhus met his end in a street battle in Argos. During the invasion of the Peloponnese, he was drawn into a chaotic melee in the city streets. As he fought his way through the enemy ranks, a woman on a rooftop hurled a heavy roof tile that struck him in the head, mortally wounding him.
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