ABSTRACT
Pyrrhus returned from Italy in 274 BC with a grudge to settle against Antigonus, who had refused to send help to Pyrrhus while he was in Italy and Sicily, and whose pleasure at the removal of Pyrrhus from Macedonia was probably not well concealed. Pyrrhus was also in the mood for success; after all, his adventure in Italy had ultimately been unsuccessful. He still controlled Epirus; that was not in doubt. He could not raise very many forces from that source alone, however, and added a large contingent of Gallic mercenaries to his invasion force of Macedonia.
