Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoFamed conqueror Pyrrhus of Epirus being killed by a soldier's mother throwing a roof tile on his head, Battle of Argos, Greecelemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down12cross-posted to: historyillustrations@lemmy.world
arrow-up1168arrow-down1imageFamed conqueror Pyrrhus of Epirus being killed by a soldier's mother throwing a roof tile on his head, Battle of Argos, Greecelemmy.worldNexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: historyillustrations@lemmy.world
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months ago While he was fighting an Argive soldier, the soldier’s old mother, who was watching from a rooftop, threw a tile which knocked him from his horse and broke part of his spine, paralyzing him. Whether he was alive or not after the blow is unknown, but his death was assured when a Macedonian soldier named Zopyrus, though frightened by the look on the face of the unconscious king, hesitantly and ineptly beheaded his motionless body.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBut at least he won.
