Which is the reason I am thinking that Pyrrhus is probably losing his edge.The guy is getting old,around 59 years old.This is the only explanation I can come up with since Sensor does believe that Pyrrhus is a military genius.The past posts by Sensor also seems to indicate that he believes Pyrrhus is highly overrated.Romans May have experience sure, but not against the phalanx of the Hellenistic world, but against the likes of Samnites and Etruscans, which use a completely different tactic. And in OTL Punic wars the consuls that fought against Hannibal were quite incompetent, if Phyrrus is even half the general Hannibal thought him to be (and he very likely is at least that) he should be beating off the Romans with ease.....
The only time the phalanx was beaten by the Romans was when it was lead horribly, had nothing anchoring their flanks, or got it self taken over rough ground. At other times the Romans were steadily getting wrecked. In the flat plains of Italy and with great cavalry like Thessalians Phyrrus should be able to do well....
Also the Roman cavalry was quite weak at the time, the hammer and anvil tactic should work wonders here.....
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