Hoplitai too weak ?

[Dutchhoplite]

It worked but he epically failed to understand the character of his enemy...

That's better ;)

[vartan]

That's better ;)

The character that was his enemy.

[Celtic_Punk]

No, calibre does work.

[Zarax]

jeez, let me explain.
Phyrrus formation worked in battle pretty well, allowing him to win under conditions that would have resulted in defeat for more conventional successor armies.

Unfortunately for him roman tenacity and the unability to focus on one front resulted ultimately in utter defeat.
Also, let us remember that the same army, even after the heavy losses against the romans managed to mop the floor with the carthaginians in sicily, not exactly pushovers themselves.

[Watchman]

Eh, when you get down to it the Romans were just playing their usual We Have Reserves card. They had the manpower base to outlast Pyrrhus in a war of attrition, and he probably realised it too at some point.