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Pyrrhus sends Cineas to Rome as the ambassador of Pyrrhus to negotiate peace or a truce.
Pyrrhus and his army of 25,500 men (and 20 war elephants) landed in Italy in 280; he was immediately named Strategos Autokrator by the Tarentines.