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Pyrrhic Victory
Everything Everywhere Daily
English - October 21, 2020 17:00 - 8 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsHistory Science education history science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In a previous episode, I talked about how you can win by not losing. That is called the Fabian Strategy named after Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus. However, the opposite is true as well. You can lose by winning. Here too, ancient history has examples for us, this time in the case of King Pyrrhus, who defeated the Romans but ultimately lost without losing a battle.
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In a previous episode, I talked about how you can win by not losing. That is called the Fabian Strategy named after Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus. However, the opposite is true as well. You can lose by winning. Here too, ancient history has examples for us, this time in the case of King Pyrrhus, who defeated the Romans but ultimately lost without losing a battle.
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