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| Battle of Heraclea Information |
 | | 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, Taranto, Thurii, Metapontum, and Heraclea under the command of King Pyrrhus of Epirus. |
 | | In 282 BC, after a battle against the Samnites, Lucanians, Bruttians and Thurii, Roman troops entered in the Italian Greek colonies of Croton, Lokroi, and Rhegium. |
 | | The Valerius Laevinus moved towards Heraclea, a city founded by the Tarentines, with the intention of cutting Pyrrhus from the Greek colonies of Calabria, thus avoiding their uprising against Rome. |
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