Battle of Heraclea
The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus , and the combined forces of Greeks from Epirus , Tarentum , Thurii , Metapontum , and Heraclea under the command of Pyrrhus , king of Epirus . 
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