# Pyrrhus — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Pyrrhus in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

King of Epirus who fought the Romans with costly victories.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/i)

His invasion of Italy stirred the Samnites to renew war against Rome after the Etruscan conflict.

### [How one humane act availed more with the men of Falerii, than all the might of the Roman arms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xx)

King of Epirus who was moved to depart Italy by the generosity of Fabritius in disclosing a poisoning plot.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as a contrast: the Romans gave up a traitor who offered to poison Pyrrhus, whereas they never forgave Hannibal.

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