After several days of my internet being downed I began to suffer from 'EB-Forum-Cold-Turkey.' By that I mean that not only did I miss all of you spiffing old chaps, I also missed your insights into history, politics-of-the-day and just about everything else that makes the 'EB community.'

So today, whilst waiting for my friends to finish buying some stuff, I had an hour's worth of thinking within a minute: what if Phyrrus had been killed as a young boy or had never joined the army? How different would the world have been? One of the things I considered was that Rome would have steam rolled across Southern Italy without his opposition, maybe bringing the Punic War about much earlier, and with it a different outcome.
Alternatively, without Phyrrus to command the Epirote armies, what would have happened on the other side of the Adriatic? As far as I know (not much when it comes to him) Phyrrus was involved in many Hellenic wars, including, if I'm not mistaken, a series of war against Makedonia. If he had never been able to command the armies, would a superpower have emerged in Hellas, maybe being strong enough to halt Roman expansion and became a major power?

I'd love to know what you think, and of course, feel free to post any 'What If's? of your own since I'm sure you can all imagine an alternative to the history we know. Cheers