What term is derived from Pyrrhus' costly victories?
Pyrrhic victory
Roman victory
Greek victory
Epirote victory
Answer
A Pyrrhic victory is a costly victory that inflicts such damage on the victor that it ultimately weakens them. The term derives from Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, who won two major battles against the Romans but lost so many men that he was unable to continue the war.
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