At he pub I was accused of unduly influencing my Roman oppenent by buying him a full pint of Leffe which had double strenght of my ale. I did the only thing I could in the circumstance and let him buy me another pint. That downed we returned to the table where the main battle was shaping up.

The Greek Phalanx had by now deployed and what a fine sight it was as it moved steadily forward against the four legions opposing it.

Meanwhile Pyrrhus' cavalry smashed their Italian opponents and pushed some of them back across the river. All those 'red cards' indicate shaken units - all of them Roman or Italian. The Consul Laevinus detached a sub unit of Triarii from his left wing Legion to cover his flank as the Legions deployed.

In the centre the two legions on the Roman right had done better and were advancing against the phalanx in quincunx formation. On the right of the photo above you can see the other legions held up and half the phalanx advancing on them.

As the heavy infantry prepared to close on each other I became seriously worried about my exposed left flank. As I had massed all my cavalry on my right, the Romans, who had cavalry on both flanks were in danger of turning my left. They had swept aside the Greek advance guard and Roman Equites supported by light infantry and cohorts of Italian allies were ready to do serious damage. It was time for my secret weapon...

Like the historical Pyrrhus, I had kept my elephants in reserve behind the phalanx. I led them out, supported by Hypaspists, to stop the Roman advance against the Greek left dead in its tracks. The previously exuberant Roman Equites (that's them with the white shields in the foreground) turned tail and ran for home with the tuskers following close behind.

It was pretty well all over for the Romans. With both flanks turned it was only a matter of time. we fought one more turn to let the phalanx and legions meet - the result was a set back for the Romans. meanwhile on the Roman left the Greek cavalry were streaming across the River Siris in good order, at which point we decided it was time to retire to the pub for another beer.